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• The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Time, Knowing, Secret

  "Napoleon : In His Own Words" edited by Jules Bertaut, translated by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes, (Ch. VII), 1916.

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• I engage and after that I see what to do.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War

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• In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments.

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  Peace, Military, War

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• He that makes war without many mistakes has not made war very long.

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  Military, War, Mistake

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• Time is the great art of man.

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  Art, Men, Great Art

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• Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.

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  Music, Wisdom, Race

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• The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

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  Fate, Destiny, Self

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• Bloodletting is among the ingredients of political medicine.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, Medicine, Political

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• I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

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  Giving, Political, Command

  "Memoirs of Count Miot de Melito (1788-1815)" translated by Frances Cashel Hoey and John Lillie, Vol. II, (p. 113), 1881.

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• To have good soldiers, a nation must always be at war.

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  Military, War, Soldier

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• I marvel that whereas the ambitious dreams of my self, Caesar, and Alexander should have vanished into thin air, a Judean peasant-Jesus-s hould be able to stretch His hands across the centuries and control the destinies of men and nations.

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  Dream, Jesus, Destiny

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• Do you know what astonished me the most in this world? The inability of force to create anything.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Inability, World, Force

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• In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Character, Balance

  'Correspondance de Napolèon Ier' vol. 17 (1865) no.14276 'Observations sur les affaires d'Espagne, Saint- Cloud, 27 août 1808'

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• For the stability of the Government, the people should have a considerable voice in the elections.

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  Power, Government, Should Have

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• The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

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  Motivational, Wisdom, Determination

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon's notes on English history”, Рипол Классик

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• A general must be a charlatan.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Charlatans

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• A great people may be killed, but they cannot be intimidated.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  People, May, Great People

  "Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts" collected and published by Cte. A. G. de Liancourt; edited by James Alexander Manning, 1848.

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• It is necessary for the heart to feel as for the body to be fed.

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  Heart, Feelings, Body

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• No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon.

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  Inspiring, Moving, Heart

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• Society cannot exist without inequality of fortunes and the inequality of fortunes could not subsist without religion. Whenever a half-starved person is near another who is glutted, it is impossible to reconcile the difference if there is not an authority who tells him to.

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  Differences, Justice, Half

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• Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Philosophy, Virtue, Skepticism

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• The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five minutes

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  Reason, Beats, Minutes

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• To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes.

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  Eye, Firsts, Speak

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• I drink Champagne when I win, to celebrate...and I drink Champagne when I lose, to console myself.

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  Drinking, Wine, Winning

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• Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.

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  Confused, Army, Men

  "The Age of Napoleon" by J. Christopher Herold, (p. 8), 2002.

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