Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes



       “There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind” 
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       “Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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        “Imagination rules the world.” 
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       “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” 
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      “Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.” 
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       “If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.” 
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       “In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.”
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       “Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.” 
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      “Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.” 
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       “History is written by the winners.” 
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      “Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.” 
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        “You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.” 
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      “The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.” 
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     “Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.” 
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      “There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.” 
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      “A picture is worth a thousand words.” 
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      “Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.” 
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       “Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.” 
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      “Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.” 
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      “Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.” 
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      “Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.” 
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       “The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.” 
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      “Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. 
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       “A revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.” 
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       “I have seen only you, I have admired only you, I desire only You” 
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       “I start out by believing the worst” 
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       “If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.” 
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        “Success is the most convincing talker in the world.” 
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       “War is the business of barbarians.” 
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      “Give me enough medals and I’ll win you any war” 
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      “I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers” 
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      “There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.” 
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     “Women are nothing but machines for producing children.” 
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      “To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.” 
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      “We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.” 
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      “It requires more courage to suffer than to die.” 
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       “There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.” 
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      “Morality has nothing to do with such a man as I am.” 
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      “Those who receive the most images into their memories have the most lively imaginations.” 
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      “More glorious to merit a sceptre than to possess one.” 
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