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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.
Approximate author period: c. 1789 AD · early modern
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- Napoléon Bonaparte
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- Approximate author period: c. 1789 AD · early modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Napoleon: documented activity in 1789. Wikidata Q517, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q517 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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