More from Napoleon Bonaparte

  1. We must take things as we find them, and not as we wish them to be.
  2. When he who measures the duration of life has pronounced his secret, all the sciences of humanity are but useless essays.
  3. We must not take up arms for vain prospects of grandeur, nor the allurements of conquest.
  4. You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
  5. We must not obstinately contend against circumstances, but rather let us obey them. We have many projects in life but little determination.
  6. You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
  7. We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
  8. Quoted in Representative Men: Uses of Great Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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