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" England is a nation of shopkeepers. "
Napoleon Bonaparte
Nation
England
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" Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories. "
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" One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority. "
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" He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat. "
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" Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight. "
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" If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots. "
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" The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague. "
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" Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent. "
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" Medicines are only fit for old people. "
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" It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr. "
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" A true man hates no one. "
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" The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely. "
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" Imagination rules the world. "
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" The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains. "
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" The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means. "
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" Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals. "
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" We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him. "
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Must
" In politics stupidity is not a handicap. "
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" There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed. "
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" The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue. "
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" The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind. "
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" Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. "
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Keeps
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" Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities. "
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