The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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England is a nation of shopkeepers.

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

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

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

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

If I had believed in a God of rewards and punishments, I might have lost...

If I had believed in a God of rewards and punishments, I might have lost...

I made all my generals out of mud.

I made all my generals out of mud.

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.

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...

Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing...

Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing...

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

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...

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the...

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the...

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...

Vengeance has no foresight

Vengeance has no foresight

Public instruction should be the first object of government.

Public instruction should be the first object of government.

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

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

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

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the...

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the...

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

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

Skepticism is slow suicide

Skepticism is slow suicide

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and...

In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and...