In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

It is the cause and not the death that makes the martyr.

It is the cause and not the death that makes the martyr.

A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has...

A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has...

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

There are two kinds of fidelity - that of dogs and that of cats; and...

There are two kinds of fidelity - that of dogs and that of cats; and...

Imagination governs the world.

Imagination governs the world.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

Revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets

Revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five...

The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five...

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies...

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies...

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

Truth fears no question.

Truth fears no question.

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly...

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly...

I have this phobia: I don't like mirrors. And I don't watch myself on television....

I have this phobia: I don't like mirrors. And I don't watch myself on television....

If fear alters behavior, you're already defeated.

If fear alters behavior, you're already defeated.