From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.
An army marches on its stomach.
Military Strategists
Napoleon
The French emperor whose military genius reshaped Europe and whose innovations in warfare, law, and administration defined the modern era (1769-1821). Napoleon Bonaparte won sixty of his seventy battles, crowned himself emperor, and fell from absolute power twice — leaving behind both a continental legal system and an eternal case study in the limits of individual genius.
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Truth always changes with changes in human life. It is never eternal and immutable.
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To achieve the objective, do not be choosy about methods.
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God and my right.
-- Richard I of England
Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.
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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.
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A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.
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