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Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
France has more need of me than I have need of France.
From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
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.
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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.
I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.
I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
I have only one counsel for you - be master.
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.
I made all my generals out of mud.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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BirthDate
15 August, 1769
DeathDate
05 May, 1821
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France
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