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"50 Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 15 August 1769. Died: 5 May 1821 | Statesman | Leader |

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

Whole Secret Fox Lion
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There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

Always Conquered Forces Long
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Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
Children Machines Nothing Producing
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He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
Also Flatter He How
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The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.

Ability Around Consciousness Contains
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Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Belongs Persevering Most Victory
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Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

Acts Ambition Bad Character
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Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

Fear Interest Men Moved
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History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Agreed History Lies Set
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Common Common People Excellent Keeping
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England is a nation of shopkeepers.

England A Shopkeepers Nation
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

Bayonets Feared Four Hostile
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

Agree Decided Events History
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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Fleeting Forever Glory Obscurity
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Enemy He Interrupt Making
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The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

Best Best Way Give Keep
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What is history but a fable agreed upon?

Agreed Upon Fable History
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A leader is a dealer in hope.

Dealer A Hope Leader
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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
Avoid Cannon Nations Peace
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The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

Abandon Avoided Better Dangers
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A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
Bit Colored Fight Hard
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Daily Death Defeated Die
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If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

Choose Giver God Had
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Do-It-Yourself Done Thing Want
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Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

Dictionary Fools Found Impossible
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

Make More Noise People
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The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.
Act Less More Often
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

Handicap Funny Politics Stupidity
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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

Being Conquered Defeat Fears
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Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

Foresight Have May Undoubtedly
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It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Courage Die More Requires
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

Art At Of War Enemy Fight
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Only Ridiculous Step Sublime
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Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

History Philosophy Skepticism Virtue
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

Bench Covered Only Throne
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Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

Easily Governed Men More
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A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

Fight Harder His Interests
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If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

Deliver Everything Nothing Promise
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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Keeps Poor Religion Rich
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Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

Courage Hope Like Love
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When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

Always Attempt End Enterprises
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There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

Does Kind Law Men
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The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

Battlefield Both Chaos Constant
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The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
Courage Endurance Fatigue First
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I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

Cannot Command Give I Can
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Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.

Answer Doctors Even Generals
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The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Cowardly Disagree Fear Know
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The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

Crime Infectiousness Like Plague
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I have only one counsel for you - be master.

Counsel Master Only You
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The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

Able Between Communication Man
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