“It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
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“Things do happen for a reason, but do we like the reason? Rarely.”
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Malheur à qui est seul, mes amis, et il faut croire que l’isolement a vite fait de détruire la raison.
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