The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances...

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances...

Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting.

Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting.

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...

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...

The human race is governed by its imagination.

The human race is governed by its imagination.

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...

An urgent missive sent to Josephine Home in three days. Don't wash.

An urgent missive sent to Josephine Home in three days. Don't wash.

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...

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

Medicines are only fit for old people.

Medicines are only fit for old people.

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...

Let the path be open to talent.

Let the path be open to talent.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

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.

The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it...

The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it...

The army is the true nobility of our country.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

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

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

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

War is the business of barbarians.

War is the business of barbarians.