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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
Emperor of the French and King of Italy
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emperador dels francesos Napoleó I
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History is a set of lies agreed upon.
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Democracy may become frenzied, but it has feelings and can be moved. As for aristocracy, it is always cold and never forgives.
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All things proclaim the existence of God.
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I cannot approve of your method of operation, you proceed like a bewildered idiot, taking not the least notice of my orders.
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The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.
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The art of being sometimes audacious and sometimes very prudent is the secret of success.
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After me, the Revolution - or, rather the ideas which formed it - will resume their course. It will be like a book from which the marker is removed, and one starts to read again at the page where one left off.
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Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.
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So you think the police foresees and knows everything. The police invents more than it discovers.
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To a father who loves his children victor has no charms. When the heart speaks, glory itself is an illusion.
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If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others it is thought and preparation
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You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.
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