Napoleon Bonaparte quotes - page 17

What a beautiful fix we are in now peace has been declared. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
When I want any, good head work done I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.
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Men are lead by trifles.
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Vanity made the French Revolution liberty was only a pretext.
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In matters of government, justice means force as well as virtue.
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Secrets travel fast in Paris.
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Character is victory organized.
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Incidents should not govern policy but, policy incidents.
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In politics, an absurdity in public business is going into it.
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The art of the police is not to see what it is useless that it should see.
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International incidents should not govern foreign policy, but foreign policy, incidents. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck I pray you excuse me. I have no time to listen to such nonsense.
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We often get in quicker by the back door than by the front.
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Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it is that to which the legislator ought to give the greatest encouragement.
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War is not at all such a difficult art as people think.... In reality it would seem that he is vanquished who is afraid of his adversary and the the whole secret lies in that.
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Do you know what amazes me more than anything else The impotence of force to organize anything.
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Circumstances - what are circumstances I make circumstances.
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There are two levers for moving men interest and fear.
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The bed has become a place of luxury to me I would not exchange it for all the thrones in the world.
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A man occupied with public or other important business cannot, and need not, attend to spelling.
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A picture is worth a thousand words. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers we will settle this matter by lunch time.
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Do you wish to find out the really sublime Repeat the Lord's Prayer.
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A mathematician of the first rank, Laplace quickly revealed himself as only a mediocre administrator from his first work we saw that we had been deceived. Laplace saw no question from its true point of view he sought subtleties everywhere had only doubtful ideas, and finally carried the spirit of the infinitely small into administration.
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Washington is dead This great man fought against Tyranny he established the liberty of his country. His memory will always be dear to the French people, as it will be to all free men of the two worlds and especially to French soldiers, who, like him and the American soldiers, have combated for liberty and equality.
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