Put your iron hand in a velvet glove.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEPut your iron hand in a velvet glove.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEIf they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEA throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEWhen 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.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEImagination governs the world.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEThe only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEOne is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEImpossible is the word found only in a fool’s dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible
NAPOLEON BONAPARTETo 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.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEAn army marches on its stomach.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEThe world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEGive me enough medals and I’ll win you any war
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEMen are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEOrdinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTENothing is lost as long as courage remains
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEReligion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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