Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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Religion is what keeps the poor man from murdering the rich

Religion is what keeps the poor man from murdering the rich

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to...

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to...

A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

The only victory over love is flight.

The only victory over love is flight.

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.

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most...

There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most...

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many...

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many...

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

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

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

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...

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of...

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of...

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we...

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we...

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it...

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it...

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

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

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

War is the business of barbarians.

War is the business of barbarians.

Respect the burden.

Respect the burden.