Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes - Page 19

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• Ability has nothing to do with opportunity.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Smart, Opportunity, Addiction

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• Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other.

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  Men, Accord, Wells

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• Parties weaken themselves by their fear of capable men.

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  Party, Men, Capable

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

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• Give me a man with a good allowance of nose,... when I want any good head-work done I choose a man - provided his education has been suitable - with a long nose.

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  Men, Long, Giving

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (p. 561), 1922.

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• It is only with prudence, sagacity, and much dexterity that great aims are accomplished, and all obstacles surmounted. Otherwise nothing is accomplished.

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  Dexterity, Obstacles, Accomplished

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

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• Soldiers win battles and generals get the medals.

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  Work, Winning, Soldier

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• A Constitution should be short and obscure.

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  Power, Political, Politics

  Napoleon Bonaparte (2010). “The Corsican: The Virtual Diary of Napoleon Bonaparte”, p.88, Fireship Press

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• Man, not men, is the most important consideration.

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  War, Men, Important

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• You cannot drag a man's conscience before any tribunal, and no one is answerable for his religious opinions to any power on earth.

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  Religious, Men, Earth

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

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• A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

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  Fake People, Views, Dignity

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• The sovereignty of the people is inalienable.

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  Power, People, Politics

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• We are nothing but by the law.

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  Law, Nations

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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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• War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search himself to know whether or not he is fitted for the trade.

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  Country, War, Men

  "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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• Even when I am gone, I shall remain in people's minds the star of their rights, my name will be the war cry of their efforts, the motto of their hopes.

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  Stars, War, Rights

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• Kiss the feet of Popes provided their hands are tied.

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  Kissing, Hands, Feet

  "Memoirs of Napoleon" published by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, (1829-1831).

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• The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those chosen to attain their full worth.

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  Art, Men, Enabling

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• History paints the human heart.

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  Heart, History, Paint

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• The fate of war is to be exalted in the morning, and low enough at night! There is but one step from triumph to ruin.

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  Morning, War, Fate

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• International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy, foreign policy must shape the incidents.

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  Power, Shapes, Politics

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• I know he's a good general, but is he lucky?

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  Lucky, Knows

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• Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.

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  Time, Writing, Army

  Napoleon Bonaparte (2010). “The Corsican: The Virtual Diary of Napoleon Bonaparte”, p.370, Fireship Press

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• The only true conquests-those that awaken no regrets- are those obtained over our ignorance.

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  Regret, Ignorance, No Regrets

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• If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

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  Art, War, Fate

  "The Mind of Napoleon" by J. Christopher Herold, (p. 45), 1955.

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• Imagination governs the world.

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  Art, Creativity, Imagination

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

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