I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

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...

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

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

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

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...

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one...

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one...

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

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

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

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

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

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

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...

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...

A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

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.

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

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

I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more /the...

I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more /the...

When I consider how my light is spent / Ere half my days in this...

When I consider how my light is spent / Ere half my days in this...