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

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

I have only one counsel for you - be master.

I have only one counsel for you - be master.

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...

Fashion condemns us to many follies; the greatest is to make ourselves its slave

Fashion condemns us to many follies; the greatest is to make ourselves its slave

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

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...

Truth alone wounds.

Truth alone wounds.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

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

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

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

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

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

A leader is a dealer in hope

A leader is a dealer in hope

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich

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

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

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less...

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less...

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.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of...

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of...