Everything tells me I shall succeed.
— Napoleon I of France
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Quote in Context
Send me 300 francs; that sum will enable me to go to Paris. There, at least, one can cut a figure and surmount obstacles. Everything tells me I shall succeed. Will you prevent me from doing so for the want of 100 crowns?
Quote Source Information
• Letter to his uncle, Joseph Fesch (June 1791), as quoted in A Selection from the Letters and Despatches of the First Napoleon. With Explanatory Notes (1884) edited by D. A. Bingham, Vol. I, p. 24
• Source: Wikiquote: "Napoleon I of France" (Quotes)
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Name: Jacques-Louis David 011
Summary: Department of Paintings of the Louvre
Description: French painter, politician and draftsperson
Date: from 1797 until 1798 date QS:P,+1797-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P580,+1797-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1798-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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