Napoleon Bonaparte's quotes2
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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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(The English Channel) is a mere ditch.
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England is a nation of shopkeepers.
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Two powers like France and England, with a good understanding
between them, might govern the world
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Patriotism is a word which represents a noble idea.
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It strengthens the bonds between nations to have the same civil
laws and the same monetary system.
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In a conquered country benevolence is not humanitarianism.
It is a general political axiom that a conqueror must not inspire a
good opinion of his benevolence until he has demonstrated that he
can be severe with malefactors.
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Nothing renders a nation so despicable as religious despotism.
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Equality should be the chief basis of the education of youth.
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A nation recruits men more easily than it can retrieve its honour.
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Liberty and equality are magical words.
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We should wash our dirty linen at home.
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We are nothing but by the law.
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Military despotism represses generous sentiments, priestly tyranny
stifles them.
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In these days the invention of printing, and the diffusion of knowledge,
render historical calumnies a little less dangerous: truth will always
prevail in the long run, but how slow its progress!
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International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy,
foreign policy must shape the incidents.
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In political administration, no problem is ever simple. It can never be
reduced to the question whether a certain measure is good or not.
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Democracy, if it is reasonable, limits itself to giving everyone an equal
opportunity to compete and to obtain.
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If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly
would weep for them, but political necessity comes before
everything else.
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Governments keep their promises only when they are forced, or when
it is to their advantage to do so.
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In a great nation, the majority are incapable of judging wisely of things.
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There is no power without justice.
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A great European federative system alone can be favourable to the
development of civilisation.
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Great men are never cruel without necessity.
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Force is the law of animals, men are ruled by conviction.
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Men who have changed the world never achieved their success by winning
the chief citizens to their side, but always by stirring the masses.
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Public morals are natural complement of all laws they are by themselves an
entire code.
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An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood.
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The crowd which follows me with admiration, would run with the same
eagerness were I marching to the Guillotine.
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Public opinion is a mysterious and invisible power, to which everything must
yield. There is nothing more fickle, more vague, or more powerful; yet
capricious as it is, it is nevertheless much more often true, reasonable,
and just, than we imagine.
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Female virtue has been held in suspicion from the beginning of the world,
and ever will be.
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There is no greater misfortune for a man than to be governed by his wife:
in such case he is neither himself nor his wife, he is a perfect nonentity.
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We are strong, when we have made up our minds to die.
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A man is not dependent upon his fellow creature, when he does not
fear death.
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We are all destined to die—can a few days of life equal the happiness
of dying for one's country?
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Death overtakes the coward, but never the brave until his hour has come.
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I am never angry when contradicted, I seek to be enlightened.
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We walk faster when we walk alone.
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Different subjects and different affairs are arranged in my head as in a
cupboard. When I wish to interrupt one train of thought, I shut that drawer
and open another. Do I wish to sleep, I simply close all the drawers
and then I am - asleep.
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Friendship is only a word, I care for nobody.
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I would kiss a man's arse if I needed him.
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I like honest men of all colors.
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I start out by believing the worst.
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The bullet that will kill me is not yet cast.
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I wished to found a European system, a European Code of Laws, a European
judiciary; there would be but one people in Europe.
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I should have conquered the world.
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The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events
and circumstances.
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The guilt of many men may be traced to over-affection for their wives.
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Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other.
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Men, in general, are but children of a larger growth.
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To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.
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Friends must always be treated as if one day they might be enemies.
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Passionate people invariably deny their anger, and cowards often boast their
ignorance of fear.
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Vengeance has no foresight.
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The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.
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We live and die in the midst of marvels.
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So you think the police foresees and knows everything. The police invents
more than it discovers.
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Every beggar shall be arrested. But to arrest a beggar merely in order to put
him in jail would be barbarous and absurd. He should be arrested for the sole
purpose of teaching him how to earn a living by his work.
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The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.
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The French complain of everything, and always.
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A leader is a dealer in hope.
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The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.
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Adversity is the midwife of genius.
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Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
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A great people may be killed, but they cannot be intimidated.
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The woman we love is ever the handsomest of her sex.
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We should always sleep upon the quarrel of the over-night.
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Love does more harm than good.
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To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do,
is to be a god.
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