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Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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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...

Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.

Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.

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...

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

High politic is only common sense applied to great things.

High politic is only common sense applied to great things.

A Constitution should be short and obscure

A Constitution should be short and obscure

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.

I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.

I have only one counsel for you - be master.

I have only one counsel for you - be master.

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...

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

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.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall

Most dreams of glory are safe because we never venture to put them into practice.

Most dreams of glory are safe because we never venture to put them into practice.