Napoleon I
Quotes by Napoleon I
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There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.
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The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger.
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The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
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Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
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Collective crimes incriminate no one.
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Large legislative bodies resolve themselves into coteries, and coteries into jealousies.
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Civilization does everything for the mind and favors it entirely at the expense of the body.
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Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
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Diplomacy is the police in grand costume.
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A man becomes the creature of his uniform.
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There is no real force without justice.
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We may stop ourselves when going up, never when coming down.
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Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.
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There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.
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When a man is a favorite of Fortune she never takes him unawares, and, however astonishing her favors may be, she finds him ready.
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The French complain of everything, and always.
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Fashion condemns us to many follies; the greatest is to make oneself its slave.
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The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense-he is always satisfied with himself.
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The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
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