Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes, Lying Quotes, Passion Quotes

Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but from some secret passion of the moment which lies hidden and concealed within the narrowest folds of his heart.

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I made all my generals out of mud.

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The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

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What is the future? What is the past? What are we? What is the magic fluid that surrounds us and conceals the things we most need to know? We live and die in the midst of marvels.

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A general must be a charlatan.

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The nature of Christ is, I grant it, from one end to another, a web of mysteries; but this mysteriousness does not correspond to the difficulties which all existence contains. Let it be rejected, and the whole world is an enigma; let it be accepted, and we possess a wonderful explanation of the history of man.

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How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they had to do, or die?

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In war it is not men, but the man who counts.

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Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle.

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To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.

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The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.

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The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man.

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I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

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It is exceptional and difficult to find in one man all the qualities necessary for a great general.

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Men grow old quickly on the battlefield.

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True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.

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What a solace Christianity must be to one who has an undoubted conviction of its truth!

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Military despotism represses generous sentiments, priestly tyranny stifles them.

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What are the conditions that make for the superiority of an army? Its internal organization, military habits in officers and men, the confidence of each in themselves; that is to say, bravery, patience, and all that is contained in the idea of moral means.

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Patriotism is a word which represents a noble idea.

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