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Lying Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte
- History is a set of lies agreed upon.
- 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.
- Lies circle the earth while Truth is still trying to put on its shoes.
- The secret of war lies in the communications.
- War is not at all such a difficult art as people think. . . . In reality it would seem that he is vanquished who…
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