“The keys of a fortress are worth the liberty of its garrison when it has resolved not to surrender itself. Thus it is always more advantageous to grant honorable terms of capitulation to a garrison which has shown a vigorous resistance, than to risk the chances of an assault.”
Napoleon Bonaparte (verified, secondary source)
Napoleon in His Own Words (Secondary source)
A compilation of sayings attributed to Napoleon, issued without primary references; no original French source identified.
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“That is just it, work is my element; I was born and made for it. I have found the limits of my legs; I have found the limits of my eyes; but I have never been able to find the limits of my labour.”
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— Amelia Earhart (unverified)“Fear always springs from ignorance.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“I am always in love.”
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