Napoleon Bonaparte quotes - page 16

Great men grow tired of contentedness. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
In my youth I, too, entertained some illusions but I soon recovered from them.
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Love is the idler's occupation, the warrior's relaxation, and the sovereign's ruination.
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The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it.
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An aristocracy is the true support of a monarchy.
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A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything.
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Men grow old quickly on the battlefield.
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We are born, we live, we die among supernatural.
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Why and how are words so important that they cannot be too often used.
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I have made noise enough in the world already, perhaps too much, and am now getting old, and want retirement.
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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. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
All things proclaim the existence of God.
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Occupation is the scythe of time.
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The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.
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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.
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As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.
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Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack.
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There is no class of people so hard to manage in a state, as those whose intentions are honest, but whose consciences are bewitched.
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Order marches with weighty and measured strides disorder is always in a hurry.
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The most insupportable of tyrannies is that of inferiors.
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The friendship of a great man is a favor of the gods. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
You may ask me for anything you like except time.
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The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man.
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The heart of a statesman should be in his head.
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If you want to take Vienna, take Vienna.
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