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Soldiers generally win battles generals get credit for them.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Age: 52 †
Born: 1769
Born: January 1
Died: 1821
Died: January 1
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Napoleon I
by the Grace of God and the Constitutions
Emperor of the French and King of Italy
Empereur des Français Napoléon I
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emperador dels francesos Napoleó I
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Emperador de Francia Napoleón I
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A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.
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Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims always take precautions against it.
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My star was fading, I felt the reins slipping out of my grasp, and could do nothing to stop it.
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Champagne! In victory, one deserves it in defeat one needs it.
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History is a set of lies agreed upon.
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Independence, like honor, is a rocky island, without a beach.
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The gospel is not a book it is a living being, with an action, a power, which invades every thing that opposes its extension, behold! It is upon this table: This book, surpassing all others. I never omit to read it, and every day with some pleasure.
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For my part, it is not the mystery of the incarnation which I discover in religion, but the mystery of social order, which associates with heaven that idea of equality which prevents the rich from destroying the poor
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A prince should suspect everything.
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The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests.
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The heart may be broken, and the soul remain unshaken.
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Audacity succeeds as often as it fails in life it has an even chance.
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