Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte
From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on u

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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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 principals which direct them. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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In known history, nobody has had such capacity for altering the universe than the people of the United States of America. And nobody has gone about it in such an aggressive way. – Alan Watts

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Im a history nut. – Billy Joel

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We are not being arrogant or complacent when we are said that our country, as a united nation, has never in its entire history, enjoyed such a confluence of encouraging possibilities. – Thabo Mbeki

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History is never above the melee. It is not allowed to be neutral, but forced to enlist in every army. – Allan Nevins, The Gateway to History

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Litigation takes the place of sex at middle age. – Gore Vidal

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You can chase a butterfly all over the field and never catch it. But if you sit quietly in the grass it will come and sit on your shoulder. – Anon.

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Unfortunately, I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle. – Marilyn Monroe

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A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. – Jane Austen

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