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

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence

Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all...

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all...

A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

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...

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

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

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

I hate and I love. Perhaps you ask why I do so. I do not...

I hate and I love. Perhaps you ask why I do so. I do not...

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...

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...

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...

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Mankind's worst enemy is fear of work

Mankind's worst enemy is fear of work

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

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...

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 French complain of everything, and always.

The French complain of everything, and always.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

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

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

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.

The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not...

The country and the Congress were misled into war. I regret that we were not...