Quote #93
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. (Idea originally conceptualized by Machiavelli in The Prince)
More from Napoleon Bonaparte
- I am never angry when contradicted, I seek to be enlightened.
- I believe love to be hurtful to society, and to the individual happiness of men. I believe, in short, that love does more harm than good.
- I accept I might be defeated, but caught in surprise, never.
- I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
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- He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
- If you start to take Vienna - take Vienna.