More from Napoleon Bonaparte

  1. A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of coloured ribbon.
  2. Ability is nothing without opportunity.
  3. A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
  4. Ah, tenez, vous etes de la merde dans un bas de soie.
  5. A portion of the multitude must ever be coerced.
  6. All men are equal before God: wisdom, talents, and virtue are the only difference between them.
  7. A picture is worth a thousand words.
  8. Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

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