Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me, accepted all my views, and yielded easily to my opinions, were those who did me the most injury, and were my worst enemies, because, by surrendering to me so easily, they encouraged me to go too far... I was then too powerful for any man, except myself, to injure me.
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Between a battle lost and a battle won, the distance is immense and there stand empires.
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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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To a father who loves his children victor has no charms. When the heart speaks, glory itself is an illusion.
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High politic is only common sense applied to great things.
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A man is known by his conduct to his wife, to his family, and to those under him.
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Men are led by trifles.
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Nothing renders a nation so despicable as religious despotism.
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The merit of Mahomet is that he founded a religion without an inferno.
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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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The best medicine against the grapes of wrath is a whiff of grapeshot.
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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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While I live I will never resort to irredeemable paper.
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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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Give me enough ribbons to place on the tunics of my soldiers and I can conquer the world.
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Men soon get tired of shedding their blood for the advantage of a few individuals, who think they amply reward the soldiers perils with the treasures they amass.
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The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory.
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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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It would be a joke if the conduct of the victor had to be justified to the vanquished.
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Jesus Christ was more than man.
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The art of land warfare is an art of genius, of inspiration. On the sea nothing is genius or inspiration; everything is positive or empiric.
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To extraordinary circumstance we must apply extraordinary remedies.
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The sentiment of national honor is never more than half extinguished in the French. It takes only a spark to re-kindle it.
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My waking thoughts are all of thee. Your portrait and the remembrance of last night's delirium have robbed my senses of repose. Sweet and incomparable Josephine, what an extraordinary influence you have over my heart. Are you vexed? Do I see you sad? Are you ill at ease? My soul is broken with grief, and there is no rest for your lover.