Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
Quotes to Explore
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Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.
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Ignorance of what real learning is, and a consequent suspicion of it; materialism, and a consequent intellectual laxity, both of these have done destructive work in the colleges.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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I don't regret what I did in the Sixties. I was young and took myself terribly seriously. In the Seventies, I spent too much time in inner-party factional disputes.
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I don't believe in regret.
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I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.
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Most Muslim women know it is fear and curiosity that cause people to stare. They know it is ignorance and stereotypes that cause people to suppose that a piece of material covering the hair strips a woman of the ability to speak English, pursue a career, work a remote control.
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The knowledge from an enlightened person breaks on the hard rocks of ignorance.
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I regret that I have not written more, shouted louder, and acted out my beliefs.
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Never regret what you don't write.
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If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.
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I am still hungry; I still hate defeats. There is no substitute for victories.
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I don't think I understand the concept of regret. Because if I regret anything, that would mean, like, I hate myself.
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God's truth is helped by no man's ignorance.
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I wouldn't call Loopt a failure. It didn't turn out like I wanted, for sure, but it was fun, I learned a lot, and I made enough money to start investing, which led me to my current job. I don't regret it at all.
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His ignorance is encyclopedic.
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I was always in a big hurry to do everything. Before I was 20, I was married twice and had two kids. But I don't regret any of it. I learned a lot about myself. I had a lot to say for someone my age, real early on.
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I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.
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Your hands are not made to type out memos. Or put paper through fax machines. Or hold a phone up while you talk to people you dislike. One hundred years from now, your hands will rot like dust in your grave. You have to make wonderful use of those hands now. Kiss your hands so they can make magic.
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If people want to get into leadership through corrupt practices, through corrupt means, I think that's detestable; we have to take action.
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I've been treated beautifully wherever I've gone, and I really think we all want to love each other.
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God gave me some weird, beautiful scent that makes men and women go crazy. People compare it to Carvel. It is a whale of a smell.
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It is easy to think of potatoes, and fortunately for men who have not much money it is easy to think of them with a certain safety. Potatoes are one of the last things to disappear, in times of war, which is probably why they should not be forgotten in times of peace.
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The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
