Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.
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Nothing makes the future look so rosy as to contemplate it through a glass of Chambertin.
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It is an ambassador's duty to stand up for his nation's foreign policy in any era and under any government whatsoever. Ambassadors are, in the full meaning of the term, titled spies.
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Generals who save troops for the next day are always beaten.
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Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.
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The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.
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Muhammad was a prince; he rallied his compatriots around him. In a few years, the Muslims conquered half of the world. They plucked more souls from false gods, knocked down more idols, razed more pagan temples in fifteen years than the followers of Moses and Jesus did in fifteen centuries. Muhammad was a great man. He would indeed have been a god, if the revolution that he had performed had not been prepared by the circumstances.
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I would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good.
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We live and die in the midst of marvels.
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Charges of cavalry are equally useful at the beginning, the middle and the end of a battle. They should be made always, if possible, on the flanks of the infantry, especially when the latter is engaged in front.
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You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.
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The best medicine against the grapes of wrath is a whiff of grapeshot.
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The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five minutes.
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Give me enough ribbons to place on the tunics of my soldiers and I can conquer the world.
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I am a soldier and accustomed to risking my life every day. I am full of the fire of youth; I cannot act with the restraint of an accomplished diplomat.
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Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me.
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Democracy may become frenzied, but it has feelings and can be moved. As for aristocracy, it is always cold and never forgives.
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Never lose sight of this maxim, that you should establish your cantonments at the most distant and best protected point from the enemy, especially where a surprise is possible. By this means you will have time to unite all your forces before he can attack you.
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I cannot approve of your method of operation, you proceed like a bewildered idiot, taking not the least notice of my orders.
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France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character.
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A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.
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The division of labor, which has brought such perfection in mechanical industries, is altogether fatal when applied to productions of the mind. All work of the mind is superior in proportion as the mind that produces it is universal.
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To extraordinary circumstance we must apply extraordinary remedies.
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Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.