Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Military Leader, Emperor

Philosophical

“Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should have said, with everyone.”

Ideas Enemy Should Have

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Military Leader, Emperor

Determined

“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.”

Inspirational Time Thinking Of You

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Philosophical

“Knowledge and history are the enemies of religion.”

Enemy Religion

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Philosophical

“The human race is governed by its imagination.”

Inspiration Race

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Philosophical

“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.”

Powerful Yield Public Opinion

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Courageous

“True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.”

Character Weakness Rude

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Wise

“I may be accused or rashness, but not sluggishness.”

May Accused

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Spiritual

“All things proclaim the existence of God.”

Existence God Exists

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Wise

“The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those chosen to attain their full worth.”

Men Art Enabling

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Courageous

“Never lose sight of this maxim, that you should establish your cantonments at the most distant and best protected point from the enemy, especially where a surprise is possible. By this means you will have time to unite all your forces before he can attack you.”

Mean War Sight

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Courageous

“Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many misfortunes, that death is not the greatest of them.”

Life Inspire Danger

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Philosophical

“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.”

People Play Reading

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