Quote #200

We must take things as we find them, and not as we wish them to be.

More from Napoleon Bonaparte

  1. We must not take up arms for vain prospects of grandeur, nor the allurements of conquest.
  2. We walk faster when we walk alone.
  3. We must not obstinately contend against circumstances, but rather let us obey them. We have many projects in life but little determination.
  4. When he who measures the duration of life has pronounced his secret, all the sciences of humanity are but useless essays.
  5. We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
  6. You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
  7. We cannot escape from the arbitrariness of the judge, unless we place ourselves under the despotism of the law.
  8. You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

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