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Every man who is worth thirty ...

Every man who is worth thirty millions and is not wedded to them, is dangerous to the government.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

If I were an Englishman, I sho...

If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy of my country. You would be beaten in the end, and perhaps a revolution in India would follow.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

Malice delights to blacken the...

Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

Destiny urges me to a goal of ...

Destiny urges me to a goal of which I am ignorant. Until that goal is attained I am invulnerable, unassailable. When Destiny has accomplished her purpose in me, a fly may suffice to destroy me.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

Fanaticism must be put to slee...

Fanaticism must be put to sleep before it can be eradicated.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

From triumph to downfall is bu...

From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

How many seemingly impossible ...

How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they had to do, or die?

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

Impatience is a great obstacle...

Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

In politics nothing is immutab...

In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

In war one must lean on an obs...

In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

It is a mistake, too, to say t...

It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very hard to know, and yet, not to be deceived, we must judge them by their present actions, but for the present only.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

It is not by whining that one ...

It is not by whining that one carries out the job of king.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

It is not necessary to prohibi...

It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

It is often in the audacity, i...

It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

It is only by prudence, wisdom...

It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

It is rare that a legislature ...

It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

It must be recognized that the...

It must be recognized that the real truths of history are hard to discover. Happily, for the most part, they are rather matters of curiosity than of real importance.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

Laws which are consistent in t...

Laws which are consistent in theory often prove chaotic in practice.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

Lead the ideas of your time an...

Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

The man fitted for affairs and...

The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.

Napoleon I 1044 quotes

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