Napoleon: Waterloo will wipe out the memory of my forty victories; but that which nothing can wipe out is my Civil Code . That wil

Waterloo will wipe out the memory of my forty victories; but that which nothing — Napoleon

Waterloo will wipe out the memory of my forty victories; but that which nothing can wipe out is my Civil Code . That will live forever.

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Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others. — Napoleon
The law is reason unaffected by desire. — Aristotle
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Voulez-vous avoir de bonnes lois; brûlez les vôtres, et faites-en de nouvelles. — Voltaire
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In solitude, when we are least alone. — Lord Byron
Naked Truth needs no shift. — William Penn