Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes About Character
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Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
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France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character.
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In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter.
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The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes.
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It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it.
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Age, habits of business and experience have modified many characters.
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Great ambition is the passion of a great character.
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Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.
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Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men.
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Character is victory organized.
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In war, character and opinion make more than half of the reality.
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To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.
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It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity.
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True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.
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