"Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on Decisions
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"Let the path be open to talent."

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"Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals."

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"My downfall raises me to infinite heights."

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"There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter."

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"There are only two forces that unite men -- fear and interest."

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"Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest"

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"He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat."

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"A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on Freedom of Speech
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"The future destiny of the child is always the work of the mother."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on The future
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"I made all my generals out of mud."

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"Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them."

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"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."

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"The art of government is not to let me grow stale."

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"Public instruction should be the first object of government."

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"Large legislative bodies resolve themselves into coteries, and coteries into jealousies."

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"The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need."

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"Great people are meteors designed to burn so that the earth may be lighted."

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"Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting."

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"True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat."

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"From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us."

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"We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him."

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"The human race is governed by its imagination."

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"Imagination rules the world."

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"Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools."

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

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"Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires; but what foundation did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded an empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on Jesus Christ
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"A leader is a dealer in hope."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on Leaders and Leadership
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"When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary."

Bonaparte, Napoleon on Leaders and Leadership
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"Men are lead by trifles."

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"Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack."

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"An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood."

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"I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time."

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"The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes."

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"The only victory over love is flight."

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"There is no class of people so hard to manage in a state, as those whose intentions are honest, but whose consciences are bewitched."

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"Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents."

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

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"The best cure for the body is a quiet mind."

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"Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy."

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