Whatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species.
Napoleon BonapartePeople take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful.
Napoleon BonaparteWisdom and policy dictate that we must do as destiny demands and keep peace with the irresistible march of events.
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