The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEThe only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.
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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
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To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.
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In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.
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A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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A leader is a dealer in hope.
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In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
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Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
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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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When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.
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The only victory over love is flight.
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The best cure for the body is a quiet mind
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There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind
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A revolution is an idea, taken up by bayonets.
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As a rule it is circumstances that make men.
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History is a set of lies agreed upon.
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Conquests will come and go but Delambre’s work will endure.
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Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.
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I have seen only you, I have admired only you, I desire only You
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Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
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Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.
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The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory
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Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
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It’s the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory
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Give me enough medals and I’ll win you any war
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