What is history but a fable agreed upon?

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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High politic is only common sense applied to great things.

High politic is only common sense applied to great things.

An army marches on its stomach.

An army marches on its stomach.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

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

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

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...

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...

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

A true man hates no one.

A true man hates no one.

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.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

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

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

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.