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Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte
1804·Paris, France

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided.

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1800

All great events hang by a hair. The man of ability takes advantage of everything and neglects nothing that can give him a chance of success; whilst the less able man sometimes loses everything by neglecting a single one of those chances.

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1800

From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.

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Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

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