Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

Better to have an open enemy, than hidden friends.

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The art of war is to gain time when your strength is inferior.

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I don't employ Talleyrand when I want a thing done, but only when I want to have the appearance of wanting to do it.

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Do you know what astonished me the most in this world? The inability of force to create anything.

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International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy, foreign policy must shape the incidents.

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A man like me troubles himself little about a million men.

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Men have their virtues and their vices, their heroisms and their perversities; men are neither wholly good nor wholly bad, but possess and practice all that there is of good and bad here below. Such is the general rule. Temperament, education, the accidents of life, are modifying factors. Outside of this, everything is ordered arrangement, everything is chance. Such has been my rule of expectation and it has usually brought me success.

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Revolutions are good times for soldiers of talent and courage.

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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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The Turks can be killed, but they can never be conquered.

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The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics

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I cannot believe there is a god who punishes and rewards, for I see honest folk unlucky, and rogues unlucky.

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My mind is a chest of drawers. When I wish to deal with a subject, I shut all the drawers but the one in which the subject is to be found. When I am wearied, I shut all the drawers and go to sleep.

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To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes.

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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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Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the highest justice.

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From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.

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A leader is a dealer in hope.

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A starving army is actually worse than none.

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The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time.

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