Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte’s motivation - 1

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There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

War is the business of barbarians.

I made all my generals out of mud.

The human race is governed by its imagination

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

Medicines are only fit for old people.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

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