I have only one counsel for you - be master.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

I must see her and press her to my heart. I love her to the...

I must see her and press her to my heart. I love her to the...

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

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...

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life...

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life...

If I had believed in a God of rewards and punishments, I might have lost...

If I had believed in a God of rewards and punishments, I might have lost...

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...

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

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

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to...

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

The human race is governed by its imagination.

The human race is governed by its imagination.

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...

I quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with,...

I quarrel not with far-off foes, but with those who, near at home, co-operate with,...

Until your heart stops beating, Bella. Ill be here, fighting. Dont forget that you have...

Until your heart stops beating, Bella. Ill be here, fighting. Dont forget that you have...