Napoleon Bonaparte quotes - page 4

Fanaticism must be put to sleep before it can be eradicated. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
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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The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.
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A great people may be killed, but they cannot be intimidated.
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Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors.
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Power is founded upon opinion.
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A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves.
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War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.
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Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.
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In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.
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Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.
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When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.
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One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.
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I do not believe it is in our nature to love impartially. We deceive ourselves when we think we can love two beings, even our own children, equally. There is always a dominant affection.
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I am a monarch of God's creation, and you reptiles of the earth dare not oppose me. I render an account of my government to none save God and Jesus Christ.
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Hereditary succession to the magistracy is absurd, as it tends to make a property of it; it is incompatible with the sovereignty of the people.
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He who cannot look over a battlefield with a dry eye, causes the death of many men uselessly.
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Morality has nothing to do with such a man as I am.
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It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.
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We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined.
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Necessity dominates inclination, will, and right.
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Wherever wood can swim, there I am sure to find this flag of England.
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Muhammad was a prince; he rallied his compatriots around him. In a few years, the Muslims conquered half of the world. They plucked more souls from false gods, knocked down more idols, razed more pagan temples in fifteen years than the followers of Moses and Jesus did in fifteen centuries. Muhammad was a great man. He would indeed have been a god, if the revolution that he had performed had not been prepared by the circumstances.
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