Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
It is the business of cavalry to follow up the victory, and to prevent the beaten army from rallying.
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Give Me a Turkish Army. I will Conquer world.
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I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.
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Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.
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I closed the gulf of anarchy and brought order out of chaos. I rewarded merit regardless of birth or wealth, wherever I found it. I abolished feudalism and restored equality to all regardless of religion and before the law. I fought the decrepit monarchies of the Old Regime because the alternative was the destruction of all this. I purified the Revolution.
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Give me enough medals and I’ll win you any war.
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A man becomes the creature of his uniform.
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Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.
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I have only one counsel for you - be master.
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Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene and Frederic. ... This is the only way to become a great general and master the secrets of the art of war.
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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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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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
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I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of the Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness.
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The object of war is victory, the object of victory is conquest, and the object of conquest is occupation.
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Nature intended women to be our slaves. They are our property.
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Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
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This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have given England a maritime rival who sooner or later will humble her pride.
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Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself.
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Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.
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A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
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The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius and changes the face of the world.
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A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
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Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
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Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it is that to which the legislator ought to give the greatest encouragement.