England is a nation of shopkeepers.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level...

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level...

Medicines are only fit for old people.

Medicines are only fit for old people.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication...

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication...

A true man hates no one.

A true man hates no one.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.

Public instruction should be the first object of government.

Public instruction should be the first object of government.

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

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

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.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances...

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances...

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the...

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the...

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

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

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

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.

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...

The art of government is not to let me grow stale.

The art of government is not to let me grow stale.

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.