All religions have been made by men.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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About Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hundred Days in 1815. He rose to prominence as a general during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe and the Middle East during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. As a statesman, he implemented numerous legal and administrative reforms in France and Europe.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Napoleon BonaparteMen are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.
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.
Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
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A leader is a dealer in hope.
The human race is governed by its imagination.
Imagination rules the world.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment.
Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.
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.
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.
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.
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.