Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

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...

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.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and...

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking 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.

Imagination rules the world.

Imagination rules the world.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love...

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love...

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to...

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to...

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...

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.

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

War is the business of barbarians.

War is the business of barbarians.

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...

We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.

We are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love.

Love is the essence of human experience and emotion. It is at the root of...

Love is the essence of human experience and emotion. It is at the root of...

Agriculture for an honorable and highminded man, is the best of all occupations or arts...

Agriculture for an honorable and highminded man, is the best of all occupations or arts...