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Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution. He was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again briefly in 1815 during the Hundred Days. He is considered one of the greatest military commanders in history, and his wars and campaigns are studied at military schools worldwide. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte on leadership, success, war.

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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.
Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.
Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your tricks of war.
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
Adversity is the midwife of genius
A leader is a dealer in hope.


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Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing. - Napoleon Bonaparte
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
History is a set of lies agreed upon. - Napoleon Bonaparte
History is a set of lies agreed upon. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Never interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake.
A leader is a dealer in hope. - Napoleon Bonaparte
A leader is a dealer in hope. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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There are two levers for moving men -- interest and fear. - Napoleon Bonaparte
There are two levers for moving men -- interest and fear. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital. - Napoleon Bonaparte
If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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A resolute determination is the truest wisdom. - Napoleon Bonaparte
A resolute determination is the truest wisdom.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind. - Napoleon Bonaparte
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. - Napoleon Bonaparte
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Religious wars are basically people killing each other over who has the better imaginary friend. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Religious wars are basically people killing each other over who has the better imaginary friend.
The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics - Napoleon Bonaparte
The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man. - Napoleon Bonaparte
The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The best cure for the body is a quiet mind. - Napoleon Bonaparte
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. - Napoleon Bonaparte
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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When you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna. - Napoleon Bonaparte
When you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. - Napoleon Bonaparte
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Victory belongs to the most persevering. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Victory belongs to the most persevering. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us. - Napoleon Bonaparte
From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. - Napoleon Bonaparte
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte Short Quotes
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It is not necessary to bury the truth. It is sufficient merely to delay it until nobody cares.
The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense; he is always satisfied with himself.
If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
The World is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
Leave the Artillerymen alone, they are an obstinate lot.
The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics
The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes On Leadership
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An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood. - Napoleon Bonaparte
An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Leaders have to be dealers in hope. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The inevitable end of multiple chiefs is that they fade and disappear for lack of unity. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Men are lead by trifles. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Every French soldier carriers a marshal's baton in his knapsack. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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

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Men who have changed the world never achieved their success by winning the chief citizens to their side, but always by stirring the masses. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The art of being sometimes audacious and sometimes very prudent is the secret of success. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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If you wish to be success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Be successful! I judge men only by the results of their actions. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal with an adversary of superior talent, for if you are beaten, even in the midst of your magazines and your communications, woe to the vanquished! — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Hereditary succession to the magistracy is absurd, as it tends to make a property of it; it is incompatible with the sovereignty of the people. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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My success and everything good that I have done, I owe to my mother. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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If you want to get on in this world make many promises, but don't keep them. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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It is the success which makes great men. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes On War
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Religious wars are basically people killing each other over who has the better imaginary friend. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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

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War is ninety percent information. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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God is on the side with the best artillery — Napoleon Bonaparte

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

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In war, as in prostitution, amateurs are often better than professionals. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Remember, gentlemen, what a Roman emperor said: The corpse of an enemy always smells sweet. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The spectacle of a field of battle after the combat, is sufficient to inspire Princes with the love of peace, and the horror of war. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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I love a brave soldier who has undergone the baptism of fire. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Great battles are won with artillery. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes On Power
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There is only one thing in this world, and that is to keep acquiring money and more money, power and more power. All the rest is meaningless. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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When you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna. - Napoleon Bonaparte
When you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The Bible is not merely a book-it is a living power. . . . Nowhere as in the Bible can be found such a series of beautiful ideas and admirable maxims which pose before us like the battalions of a celestial army. . . . The soul can never go astray while it has this book for its guide. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Public opinion is a mysterious and invisible power, to which everything must yield. There is nothing more fickle, more vague, or more powerful; yet capricious as it is, it is nevertheless much more often true, reasonable, and just, than we imagine. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Power is what they like - it is the greatest of all aphrodisiacs. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The gospel is not a book; it is a living being, with an action, a power, which invades every thing that opposes its extension, behold! It is upon this table: This book, surpassing all others. I never omit to read it, and every day with some pleasure. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes On Politics
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In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. - Napoleon Bonaparte
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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In politics stupidity is not a handicap. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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In a conquered country benevolence is not humanitarianism. It is a general political axiom that a conqueror must not inspire a good opinion of his benevolence until he has demonstrated that he can be severe with malefactors. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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They wanted me to be a Washington. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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In a great nation, the majority are incapable of judging wisely of things. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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But it is at home and not in public that one should wash ones dirty linen. [Fr., Car c'est en famille, ce n'est pas en public, qu'un lave son linge sale.] — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The policies of all powers are inherent in their geography. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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A magistrate is not a father; he must be just and severe. Only tyrants are fathers. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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High politic is only common sense applied to great things. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes On Governance
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Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The human race is governed by its imagination. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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I am a monarch of God's creation, and you reptiles of the earth dare not oppose me. I render an account of my government to none save God and Jesus Christ. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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It is an ambassador's duty to stand up for his nation's foreign policy in any era and under any government whatsoever. Ambassadors are, in the full meaning of the term, titled spies. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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A great Nation should have a fixed Government, so that the death of one man should not overturn it. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes On Conquest
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The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The object of war is victory, the object of victory is conquest, and the object of conquest is occupation. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Conquests will come and go but Delambre's work will endure. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Conquest has made me what I am, only conquest can maintain me. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The only true conquests-those that awaken no regrets- are those obtained over our ignorance. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes On People
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The world soffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Liberty is a need felt by a small class of people whom nature has endowed with nobler minds than the mass of men;.... Consequently, it may be repressed with impunity. Equality, on the other hand, pleases the masses. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Great people are meteors designed to burn so that the earth may be lighted. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes On Fear
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There are two levers for moving men -- interest and fear. - Napoleon Bonaparte
There are two levers for moving men -- interest and fear. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. - Napoleon Bonaparte
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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

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You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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I fear three newspapers more than a hundred thousand bayonets. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Mankind's worst enemy is fear of work — Napoleon Bonaparte

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A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Passionate people invariably deny their anger, and cowards often boast their ignorance of fear. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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A man is not dependent upon his fellow creature, when he does not fear death. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes On Love
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As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Until then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses; but give me none in return, for they set my blood on fire. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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I believe love to be hurtful to society, and to the individual happiness of men. I believe, in short, that love does more harm than good. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Alexander, Charlemagne and myself all tried to found an empire on force and we failed. Jesus Christ is building an empire on love, and today there are millions of people who would gladly die for His sake. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Man loves the marvelous. It has an irresistible charm for him. He is always ready to leave that with which he is familiar to pursue vain inventions. He lends himself to his own deception. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The only victory over love is flight. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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I do not believe it is in our nature to love impartially. We deceive ourselves when we think we can love two beings, even our own children, equally. There is always a dominant affection. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Oh Man, Man. How despicable in slavery, how great when fired with the love of freedom! — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes On General
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The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes. - Napoleon Bonaparte
The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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

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The best generals are those who have served in the artillery. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Generals who save troops for the next day are always beaten. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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A general must be a charlatan. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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What my enemies call a general peace is my destruction. What I call peace is merely the disarmament of my enemies. Am I not more moderate than they? — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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There are in Europe many good generals, but they see too many things at once. I see one thing, namely the enemy's main body. I try to crush it, confident that secondary matters will then settle themselves. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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True wisdom for a general is vigorous determination. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes On Law
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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. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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It strengthens the bonds between nations to have the same civil laws and the same monetary system. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Who saves his country violates no law. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the highest justice. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Timid and cowardly soldiers cause the loss of a nation's independence; but pusillanimous magistrates destroy the empire of the laws, the rights of the throne, and even social order itself. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Public morals are natural complement of all laws they are by themselves an entire code. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Laws which are consistent in theory often prove chaotic in practice. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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We are nothing but by the law. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Not one cent should be raised unless it is in accord with the law. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte Famous Quotes And Sayings
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Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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History is a set of lies agreed upon. - Napoleon Bonaparte
History is a set of lies agreed upon. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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A leader is a dealer in hope. - Napoleon Bonaparte
A leader is a dealer in hope. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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There are two levers for moving men -- interest and fear. - Napoleon Bonaparte
There are two levers for moving men -- interest and fear. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The best cure for the body is a quiet mind. - Napoleon Bonaparte
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of the Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. - Napoleon Bonaparte
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics - Napoleon Bonaparte
The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man. - Napoleon Bonaparte
The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. - Napoleon Bonaparte
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power. — Napoleon Bonaparte

105
When you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna. - Napoleon Bonaparte
When you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. - Napoleon Bonaparte
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Victory belongs to the most persevering. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Victory belongs to the most persevering. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us. - Napoleon Bonaparte
From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. - Napoleon Bonaparte
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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England is a nation of shopkeepers. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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If you know a country's geography, you can understand and predict its foreign policy. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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It requires more courage to suffer than to die. - Napoleon Bonaparte
It requires more courage to suffer than to die. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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My downfall raises me to infinite heights. - Napoleon Bonaparte
My downfall raises me to infinite heights. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon. - Napoleon Bonaparte
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. - Napoleon Bonaparte
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it. - Napoleon Bonaparte
On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood. - Napoleon Bonaparte
An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Nothing is more destructive than the charge of artillery on a crowd. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Imagination rules the world. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Imagination rules the world. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. - Napoleon Bonaparte
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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A true man hates no one. - Napoleon Bonaparte
A true man hates no one. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes. - Napoleon Bonaparte
The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The torment of precautions often exceeds often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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If you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Conscription is the vitality of a nation, the purification of its morality, and the real foundations of all its habits — Napoleon Bonaparte

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A well-composed song strikes the mind and softens the feelings, and produces a greater effect than a moral work, which convinces our reason, but does not warm our feelings, nor effect the slightest alteration in our habits — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Strong coffee, much strong coffee, is what awakens me. Coffee gives me warmth, waking, an unusual force and a pain that is not without very great pleasure. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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We are either kings or pawns of men — Napoleon Bonaparte

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I like honest men of all colors. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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We often get in quicker by the back door than by the front. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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

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I base my calculations on the expectation that luck will be against me — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The most dangerous moment comes with victory. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The future destiny of the child is always the work of the mother. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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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 Bonaparte

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Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Women are nothing but machines for producing children. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Treason is a matter of dates. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the later than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Terrorism, War & Bankruptcy are caused by the privatization of money, issued as a debt and compounded by interest. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Give Me a Turkish Army. I will Conquer world. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Oh well, no matter what happens, there's always death. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Give me an educated mother, I shall promise you the birth of a civilized, educated nation — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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Life Lessons by Napoleon Bonaparte
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Napoleon Bonaparte taught us to never give up, no matter the odds, and to always strive for greatness.
He also showed us the importance of taking calculated risks and being decisive in order to achieve success.
Finally, he demonstrated the power of strong leadership and the importance of having a clear vision for the future.
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