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The English... are a nation of shopkeepers

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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  1. The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
  2. The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it.
  3. The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
  4. The favorable opportunity must be seized; for fortune is female, and if you balk her today you must not expect to meet her again tomorrow.
  5. The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.
  6. The guilt of many men may be traced to over-affection for their wives.
  7. The aristocracy has the advantage of concentrating the power of Government into less dangerous hands than those of the ignorant multitude.
  8. The heart of a minister should be nowhere but in his head.

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  • military
  • napoleon
  • trade
  • commerce
  • england
  • national character

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