We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

Topics: Funny Quotes, Laughter Quotes

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

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

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

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

Genuine victories, the sole conquests yielding no remorse, are those gained over ignorance

Genuine victories, the sole conquests yielding no remorse, are those gained over ignorance

Mankind's worst enemy is fear of work

Mankind's worst enemy is fear of work

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

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

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

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

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

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done...

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done...

Religion is what keeps the poor man from murdering the rich

Religion is what keeps the poor man from murdering the rich

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree...

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree...

It's a very small and select slice of all the people who have ever been...

It's a very small and select slice of all the people who have ever been...

Excessive fear is always powerless

Excessive fear is always powerless