History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

Topics: History Quotes, Lies Quotes

As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which...

As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which...

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

God! How men of letters are stupid.

God! How men of letters are stupid.

The human race is governed by its imagination.

The human race is governed by its imagination.

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...

High politic is only common sense applied to great things.

High politic is only common sense applied to great things.

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...

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it...

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it...

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

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...

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

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

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

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

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

Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration

Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration

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...

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

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

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

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform...

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform...

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.