Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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

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

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

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...

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...

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

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

Providence is always on the side of the last reserve

Providence is always on the side of the last reserve

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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.

The only victory over love is flight.

The only victory over love is flight.

Imagination rules the world.

Imagination rules the world.

The French complain of everything, and always.

The French complain of everything, and always.

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it...

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it...

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

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

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

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

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

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy

Skepticism is the first step on the road to philosophy

Skepticism is slow suicide

Skepticism is slow suicide