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

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

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...

The French complain of everything, and always.

The French complain of everything, and always.

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...

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...

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...

The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it...

The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it...

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

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...

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

God! How men of letters are stupid.

God! How men of letters are stupid.

There are two kinds of fidelity - that of dogs and that of cats; and...

There are two kinds of fidelity - that of dogs and that of cats; and...

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

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

Truth alone wounds.

Truth alone wounds.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

All religions have been made by men.

All religions have been made by men.

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.

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have...

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have...