It was as if he had two faces, one of utmost calm, one of furious action; and he wore both with ease. He was like the animal whose face he wore, able to sit in silence for hours, without moving a muscle, then flying like a raging storm into battle, returning again to perfect calm when the fight was over. Kaoru Kurimoto
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This quote is about Napoleon Bonaparte. He was a very intelligent man, but he could never control his emotions. He would go from being extremely calm to being extremely angry in seconds, and then back to being calm very quickly. This probably happened because he had two faces.

One face was the peace-loving one that everyone saw, but there was another person underneath. There were two natures within him, one of peace and the other of war.

Source: The Leopard Mask

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