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

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

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

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

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...

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...

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

Truth fears no question.

Truth fears no question.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many...

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many...

Public instruction should be the first object of government.

Public instruction should be the first object of government.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all...

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all...

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done...

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done...

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies...

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies...

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.

Truth alone wounds.

Truth alone wounds.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

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...

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which...

Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which...