Quote #199

We must not take up arms for vain prospects of grandeur, nor the allurements of conquest.

More from Napoleon Bonaparte

  1. We must not obstinately contend against circumstances, but rather let us obey them. We have many projects in life but little determination.
  2. We must take things as we find them, and not as we wish them to be.
  3. We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
  4. We walk faster when we walk alone.
  5. We cannot escape from the arbitrariness of the judge, unless we place ourselves under the despotism of the law.
  6. When he who measures the duration of life has pronounced his secret, all the sciences of humanity are but useless essays.
  7. Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.
  8. You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

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