Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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Religions are all founded on miracles - on things we cannot understand, such as the Trinity. Jesus calls himself the Son of God, and yet is descended from David. I prefer the religion of Mahomet - it is less ridiculous than ours.
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High politic is only common sense applied to great things.
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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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Victory and disaster establish indestructible bonds between armies and their commanders.
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The basic principle that we must follow in directing the armies of the Republic is this: that they must feed themselves on war at the expense of the enemy territory.
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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 which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation.
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Nothing makes the future look so rosy as to contemplate it through a glass of Chambertin.
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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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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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Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.
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We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost.
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To extraordinary circumstance we must apply extraordinary remedies.
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My star was fading, I felt the reins slipping out of my grasp, and could do nothing to stop it.
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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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War is like government, a matter of tact.
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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.
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Civilization does everything for the mind and favors it entirely at the expense of the body.
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The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.
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When a man is a favorite of Fortune she never takes him unawares, and, however astonishing her favors may be, she finds him ready.
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In a narrow sphere great men are blunderers.
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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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Adversity is the midwife of genius.
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From first to last, Jesus is the same; always the same--majestic and simple, infinitely severe and infinitely gentle.
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Pure politics is merely the calculus of combinations and of chances.