Circumstances Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

“The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances.”

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All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world.

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The bullet that will kill me is not yet cast.

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Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.

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A great reputation is a great noise, the more there is of it, and the further does it swell. Land, monuments, Nations, all fall,…

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Character is victory organized.

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Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it.

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My decision to destroy the authority of the blacks in Saint Domingue (Haiti) is not so much based on considerations of commerce and money,…

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