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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Age: 52 †
Born: 1769
Born: January 1
Died: 1821
Died: January 1
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by the Grace of God and the Constitutions
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Empereur des Français Napoléon I
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emperador dels francesos Napoleó I
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I treat policies like war. I hoodwink one flank so as to trounce the other. In my family we kneel only to God.
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Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances
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I can no longer obey I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
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