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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. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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