Napoleon Bonaparte quotes - page 2

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.
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Ability has nothing to do with opportunity.
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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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Victory belongs to the most persevering.
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Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
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Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of the Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness.
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The bullet that will kill me is not yet cast. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others.
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The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.
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True heroism consists in rising superior to misfortune.
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The only true conqueststhose that awaken no regrets are those obtained over our ignorance.
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High politic is only common sense applied to great things.
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Mahomet was a great man, an intrepid soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Bender (sic); a great captain, eloquent, a great man of state, he revived his fatherland and created a new people and a new power in the middle of Arabia.
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Religions are all founded on miracles - on things we cannot understand, such as the Trinity. Jesus calls himself the Son of God, and yet is descended from David. I prefer the religion of Mahomet - it is less ridiculous than ours.
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Each state claims the right to control interests foreign to itself when those interests are such that it can control them without putting its own interests in danger. ... other powers only recognize this right of intervening in proportion as the country doing it has the power to do it.
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The superior man is never in anyone's way.
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France is invaded; I am leaving to take command of my troops, and, with God's help and their valor, I hope soon to drive the enemy beyond the frontier. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
On s'engage partout et on voit.
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Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
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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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In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.
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