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.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
May, Very, Which, Perform
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
Chaos, Controls, Constant, Winner
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Politics, Handicap, Stupidity
From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Look, Heights, Pyramids, Centuries
The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Destiny, Better, Avoided, Dangers
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
- Napoleon Bonaparte
History, Agreed, Fable
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Small, Always, Level, Mediocrity
With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Everything, Undertake, Audacity
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Away, Allow, Conquest, Mistress
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
Love, Politics, Violin, Musician
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
Question, Inevitable, Turned, Materials
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
History, Past, Decided, Events
There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Men, Interest, Unite, Forces
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.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Spirit, Will, Always, Forces
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Leadership, Bench, Covered, Velvet
One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Change, Superiority, Tactics
Medicines are only fit for old people.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Old, Fit, Medicines, Old People
Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Children, Nothing, Producing, Women Are
An army marches on its stomach.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Army, Stomach, Marches
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Nature, Had, Would, Giver
It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Ashes, May, Banks, French
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Men, Through, More, Vices
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Only, Found, Dictionary, Fools
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Politics, How, Also, Slander
A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Idea, Found, Which, Bayonets
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Four, Feared, Hostile, Bayonets
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Patriotism, Soldier, Will, Ribbon
When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Soldiers, Veterans Day, Been, Baptized
I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
I Am, Successor, Am, Louis
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Art, War, Will, Art Of War
A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
View, Lose, Dignity, Celebrated
Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Soldiers, Get, Generals, Battles
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
Law, Kind, Precious, Robber
We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Man, Crying, Must, Laugh
The French complain of everything, and always.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Everything, Complain, Always, French
War is the business of barbarians.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Business, War, Barbarians
Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Made, Use, Riches, Consist
Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Never, Needs, Take, Consideration
The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Madness, Proof, Means, Designs
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Victory, Most, Belongs, Persevering
The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Act, Policing, Punish, Order
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Step, Ridiculous, Only, Sublime
The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Strength, Strong, Mind, Intercept
A leader is a dealer in hope.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Leadership, Hope, Leader, Dealer
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Virtue, Soldier, Only, Fatigue
I made all my generals out of mud.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Out, Made, Generals, Mud
Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Public Opinion, Public, Thermometer
Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
May, Undoubtedly, Foresight
Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
History, Virtue, Well, Skepticism
I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Give, Longer, Tasted, Command
The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Poor, Surest, Remain, Surest Way
A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Man, Cannot, Merely, Wishing
All religions have been made by men.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Men, Been, Made, All Religions
You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Death, Ranks, Lads, Defy
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Courage, Die, Suffer, Requires
The human race is governed by its imagination.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Imagination, Human, Race, Governed
Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Music, Voice, Tells, Human Race
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Silent, More, Than, Noise
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Will, Than, His, Harder
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Religion, Rich, Poor, Keeps
Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Circumstances, Pace, Way, Keeps
There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Fate, Thing, Accident
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Common, Excellent, Keeping, Common People
Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Health, Chief, Pharmacy, Articles
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
Know, Disagree, Too, Cowardly
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
Government, Sometimes, Other, Lion
The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Love, Consciousness, Extent, To Love
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Need, Seek, Them, Herd
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Politics, Mistake, Retreat, Retract
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Never, Should, Prevent, Lacks
Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Medical, World, Next, Doctors
Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Night, Throw, Worries, Clothes
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Precious, Nothing, More, Therefore
A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Give, Victories, Stopped, Neither
I have only one counsel for you - be master.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
You, Only, Counsel, Master
A true man hates no one.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Man, True, Hates, True Man
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Wisdom, Mistake, Never, Interrupt
The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Crime, Like, Plague
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Peace, Want, Precede, Avoid
Ability is nothing without opportunity.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Opportunity, Nothing, Ability
France has more need of me than I have need of France.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
More, Need, Than, France
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Stop, Arrived, Take, Action
It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Death, Makes, Cause, Martyr
The army is the true nobility of our country.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
True, Country, Nobility, Army
A Constitution should be short and obscure.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Short, Constitution, Should, Obscure
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.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Like, Able, Would, Be A Man
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Success, Wish, World, Deliver
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
History, Lies, Set, Agreed
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Death, Die, Nothing, Defeated
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Defeat, Conquered, Sure, Fears
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Best, Mind, Quiet, Cure
Respect the burden.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Respect, Burden
Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Oppression, Like, Among, Oppress
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Wisdom, Want, Well, Thing
The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Wisdom, Truest, Resolute, Determination
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Men, Interest, Only, Moved
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Best, Give, Best Way, Word
Imagination rules the world.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Imagination, World, Rules
England is a nation of shopkeepers.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Nation, England
The battle of Austerlitz is the grandest of all I have fought.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Battle, Fought, Grandest
Let the path be open to talent.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Path, Open, Talent
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
Love, Hope, Like, Must
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