Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived in vain, that we may leave some impress of ourselves on the sands of time.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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• Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived in vain, that we may leave some impress of ourselves on the sands of time.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Vain
  • Endeavor
  • Sands Of Time