Napoleon Bonaparte's quotes
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I used to say of Napoleon, that his presence on the field made
the difference of forty thousand men...The Duke of Wellington.
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There have been generals in the past. There will be generals in the future. And then there is Napoleon.
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Napoleon Bonaparte* * *
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A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
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A picture is worth a thousand words.
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A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
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A true man hates no one.
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An army marches on its stomach.
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Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.
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Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world
than even we generals.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a
thousand bayonets.
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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
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He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
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History is the version of past events that people have decided
to agree upon.
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I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret
of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.
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I made all my generals out of mud.
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If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an
undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what
might occur. It is not genius where reveals to me suddenly
and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected
by others; it is thought and preparation.
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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that
precede cannon shots.
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If you start to take Vienna - take Vienna.
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything,
deliver nothing.
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Imagination rules the world.
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Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
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It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
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Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.
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Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
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Music of all the arts has the most influence on the passions and
the legislator should give it the greatest encouragement.
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One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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Respect the burden.
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The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish
more severely.
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The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be
the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.
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The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
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The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
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The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided.
It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
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There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In
the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
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There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and
who steals what is most precious to men: time.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
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You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him
into the enemy's ranks.
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