Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
Imagination rules the world. Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools. In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage. In politics stupidity is not a handicap. In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr. It requires more courage to suffer than to die. Let the path be open to talent. Medicines are only fit for old people. Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities. Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows. Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide. One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority. One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent. Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me. Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
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