“One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.”
More from Napoleon on Wisdom
“The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.”
“Fashion condemns us to many follies the greatest is to make oneself its slave.”
“Nothing is more difficult and therefore more precious than to be able to decide.”
“10 persons who speak make more noise than 10 000 who are silent.”
“The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.”
“There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.”
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
“The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.”
“Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its application toward some worthy end.”
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Sun Tzu
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Dalai Lama
22 quotes“A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“Honesty's the best policy.”
Confucius
19 quotes“If a man take no thought about what is distant he will find sorrow near at hand.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Do not waste your pity on a scamp.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“One paid for one's knowledge with one's skin.”
William Penn
14 quotes“Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be...”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.”
Sir Winston Churchill
14 quotes“...anger is a waste of energy. Steam which is used to blow off a safety valve would be better used to drive an engine.”
George Washington
14 quotes“I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.”