He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

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.

Providence is always on the side of the last reserve

Providence is always on the side of the last reserve

God! How men of letters are stupid.

God! How men of letters are stupid.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

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...

Truth fears no question.

Truth fears no question.

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better...

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better...

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

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

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing...

Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing...

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Men of genius are meteors intended to burn to light their century.

Men of genius are meteors intended to burn to light their century.

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.

I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.

I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.

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

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

Imagination governs the world.

Imagination governs the world.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

The Old Testament describes the hell of the past, and the New the hell of...

The Old Testament describes the hell of the past, and the New the hell of...

I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like...

I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like...