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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.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Stars, War, Rights

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• A true master of politics is able to calculate, down to the smallest fraction, the advantages to which he may put his very faults.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, May, Politics

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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.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Art, Men, Enabling

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• The sovereignty of the people is inalienable.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, People, Politics

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• The transition from the defensive to the offensive is one of the most delicate operations in war.

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  War, Transition, Offensive

  Napoleon Bonaparte (2012). “Napoleon's Military Maxims”, p.26, Courier Corporation

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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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• A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Fake People, Views, Dignity

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• History paints the human heart.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Heart, History, Paint

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• Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many misfortunes, that death is not the greatest of them.

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  Life, Inspire, Danger

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

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

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Time, Writing, Army

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

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

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Lucky, Knows

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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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• I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.

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  Love, Artist, Power

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• We are nothing but by the law.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Law, Nations

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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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• Cossacks are the best light troops among all that exist. If I had them in my army, I would go through all the world with them.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Army, Light, Troops

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• The tools belong to the man who can use them.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Men, Tools, Use

  "For This President, Power Is There for the Taking" by Richard W. Stwvwnson, www.nytimes.com. May 15, 2005.

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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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• Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Attitude, Circumstances

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• The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other. They are worse than ever when, at the termination of their punishment, they return to society.

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  Punishment, Evil, Together

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• There are in Europe many good generals, but they see too many things at once. I see one thing, namely the enemy's main body. I try to crush it, confident that secondary matters will then settle themselves.

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  Crush, War, Europe

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