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One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

Napoleon Bonaparte

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

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Ability is nothing without opportunity.

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Medicines are only fit for old people.

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Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

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Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

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Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

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A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

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The battle of Austerlitz is the grandest of all I have fought.

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

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There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

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

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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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It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

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I have only one counsel for you - be master.

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All religions have been made by men.

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The human race is governed by its imagination.

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If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

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History is a set of lies agreed upon.

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The army is the true nobility of our country.

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The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

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To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

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

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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

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

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A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

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The French complain of everything, and always.

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The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

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

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

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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

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When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

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