Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

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...

Respect the burden.

Respect the burden.

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

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

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

A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.

A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.

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

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

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.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

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...

High politic is only common sense applied to great things.

High politic is only common sense applied to great things.

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it...

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it...

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we...

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we...

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration

Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration

God! How men of letters are stupid.

God! How men of letters are stupid.

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

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.