Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes - Page 22

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• In war, as in love, we must come into contact before we triumph.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Triumph, Contact

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• If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy of my country. You would be beaten in the end, and perhaps a revolution in India would follow.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Country, War, Men

  "The Mind of Napoleon" by J. Christopher Herold, (p. 249), 1955.

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• The French complain of everything, and always.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Funny, Humorous, Complaining

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

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• What my enemies call a general peace is my destruction. What I call peace is merely the disarmament of my enemies. Am I not more moderate than they?

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Enemy, Destruction

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• You may ask me for anything you like except time.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Time, May, Ask Me

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• There is no Nation however small which had the right to set itself free, that has not rescued itself from the dishonour of obeying the Prince imposed by an enemy in the hour of victory.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Enemy, Victory, Hours

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• This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have given England a maritime rival who sooner or later will humble her pride.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Humble, Pride, Forever

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• I haven't known 6 days of happiness in my life.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Attitude, Havens, Known

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• One might as well try to charge through a wall.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Wall, Military, Army

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• Reconnaissance memoranda should always be written in the simplest style and be purely descriptive. They should never stray from their objective by introducing extraneous ideas.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Communication, Ideas, Style

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• Tragedy warms the soul, elevates the heart, can and ought to create heroes. In this sense, perhaps, France owes a part of her great actions to Corneille.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Hero, Heart, Soul

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• My dominion ends where that of conscience begins.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Dominion, Ends, Conscience

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• Conquest has made me what I am, only conquest can maintain me.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Made, Conquest

  Napoleon Bonaparte (2010). “The Corsican: The Virtual Diary of Napoleon Bonaparte”, p.131, Fireship Press

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• All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art--by adjusting efforts to obstacles.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Perseverance, Art, Achievement

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• In war, the moral element and public opinion are half the battle.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Battle, Half

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• Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Fate, Army, Moments

  To Dr. Arnott, April 1821.

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• The purely defensive is doomed to defeat.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Defeat, Doomed

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• A general-in-chief should ask himself several times in the day, What if the enemy were to appear now in my front, or on my right, or my left?

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Enemy, What If

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• In war, as in politics, no evil - even if it is permissible under the rules - is excusable unless it is absolutely necessary. Everything beyond that is a crime.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Power, Evil

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• A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Freedom, War, People

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

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• Whatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Ingrates, May, Exception

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

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• In political administration, no problem is ever simple. It can never be reduced to the question whether a certain measure is good or not.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, Simple, Political

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• You cannot treat with all the world at once.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  World, Treats

  "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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• England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Irritation, Would Be

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• It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Character, Government, Wish

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