Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes - Page 14

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• Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

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  Veterans Day, War, Work

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• What are the conditions that make for the superiority of an army? Its internal organization, military habits in officers and men, the confidence of each in themselves; that is to say, bravery, patience, and all that is contained in the idea of moral means.

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  Military, Mean, Army

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

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• The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.

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  Motivational, Regret, Stupid

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• Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.

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  Truth, Honesty, Character

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

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• Muhammad was a great man, an intrepid soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Bender (sic); a great captain, eloquent, a great man of state, he revived his fatherland and created a new people and a new power in the middle of Arabia.

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  Army, Men, People

  "Précis des guerres de César, écrit à Sainte-Hélène sous la dictée de l'empereur" edited by Comte Marchand, (p. 237), 1836.

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

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  Philosophy, Virtue, Skepticism

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• All religions have been made by men.

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  Atheist, Men, Religion

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• Men are ruled by toys.

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  Men, Toys

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• Morality has nothing to do with such a man as I am.

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  Men, Morality

  Attributed in "The Story of World Progress" by Willis Mason West, (p. 433), 1922.

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• My enemies make appointments at my tomb.

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  War, Enemy, Appointments

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• I have never loved anyone for love's sake except, perhaps, Josephine - a little.

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  Marriage, Littles, Sake

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• There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible. I am in a thoroughly painful state of agitation. This does not keep me from looking quite serene in front of my entourage; I am like an unmarried girl laboring with child. Once I have made up my mind, everything is forgotten except what leads to success.

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  Girl, Children, War

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• There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

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  Fate, Accidents

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• It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

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  Political, Causes, Christianity

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• We should always go before our enemies with confidence, otherwise our apparent uneasiness inspires them with greater boldness.

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  War, Inspire, Enemy

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• Wherever flowers cannot be reared, there man cannot live.

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  Flower, Men

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• Our credulity is a part of the imperfection of our natures. It is inherent in us to desire to generalize, when we ought, on the contrary, to guard ourselves very carefully from this tendency.

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  Imperfection, Desire, Tendencies

  "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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• 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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• A well-composed song strikes the mind and softens the feelings, and produces a greater effect than a moral work, which convinces our reason, but does not warm our feelings, nor effect the slightest alteration in our habits

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  Song, Feelings, Mind

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• The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.

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  Space, Ability To Love, Consciousness

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• In a narrow sphere great men are blunderers.

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  Greatness, Men, Spheres

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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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• Good and decent people must be protected and persuaded by gentle means, but the rabble must be led by terror.

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  Mean, Power, People

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• One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.

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  Leadership, Helping, Outlook

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

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• In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them.

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  War, Men, Two

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

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