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101 " Put your iron hand in a velvet glove. "
― Napoléon Bonaparte
102 " I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword. "
103 " The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies "
104 " There is a joy in danger. "
105 " I start out by believing the worst "
106 " Success is the most convincing talker in the world. "
107 " Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible... "
108 " I know he's a good general, but is he lucky? "
109 " Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy. "
110 " Un bon croquis vaut mieux qu'un long discours (A good sketch is better than a long speech) "
111 " Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons. "
112 " Nothing is lost as long as courage remains "
113 " When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you. "
114 " What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion. "
115 " There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging. "
116 " One must learn to forgive and not to hold a hostile, bitter attitude of mind, which offends those about us and prevents us from enjoying ourselves; one must recognize human shortcomings and adjust himself to them rather than to be constantly finding fault with them. "
117 " I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers "
118 " If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest. "
119 " Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment. "
120 " England is a nation of shopkeepers. "