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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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