Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes, Faults Quotes, Reason Quotes

A commander-in-chief cannot take as an excuse for his mistakes in warfare an order given by his sovereign or his minister when the person giving the order is absent from the field of operations and is imperfectly aware or wholly unaware of the latest state of affairs. It follows that any commander-in-chief who undertakes to carry out a plan which he considers defective is at fault; he must put forward his reasons, insist on the plan being changed, and finally tender his resignation rather than be the instrument of his army's downfall.

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God has decreed that there be sick and poor in this world, but in the next it will be the other way around.

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To attach no importance to public opinion, is a proof that you do not merit its suffrage.

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The true wealth of a state consists in the number of its inhabitants, in their toil and industry.

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The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.

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You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.

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I know he's a good general, but is he lucky?

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Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

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Governments keep their promises only when they are forced, or when it is to their advantage to do so.

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We should wash our dirty linen at home.

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One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

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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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I do not amuse myself by thinking of dead people.

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The fate of a battle is the result of a moment, of a thought: the hostile forces advance with various combinations, they attack each other and fight for a certain time; the critical moment arrives, a mental flash decides, and the least reserve accomplishes the object.

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Space we can recover; time never.

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Generals are not to be too scrupulous.

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

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The English have no exaulted sentiments. They can all be bought.

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Give me enough ribbons to place on the tunics of my soldiers and I can conquer the world.

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The process of quitting smoking doesn't end with the last cigarette. It's not quitting itself, the real key is staying quit

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