Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes & Wallpapers
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The issue of a battle is the result of an instant, of a thought. There is the advance, with its various combinations, the battle is joined, the struggle goes on a certain time, the decisive moment presents itself, a spark of genius discloses it, and the smallest body of reserves accomplish victory. Napoleon Bonaparte
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To plan to reserve cavalry for the finish of the battle, is to have no conception of the power of combined infantry and cavalry charges, either for attack or for defense. Napoleon Bonaparte
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In France, only the impossible is admired. Napoleon Bonaparte
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The career open to the talents. Napoleon Bonaparte
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I love a brave soldier who has undergone, le bapteme du fer [baptism of fire], whatever nation he may belong to. Napoleon Bonaparte
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A great reputation is a great noise, the more there is of it, the further does it swell. Land, monuments, nations, all fall, but the noise remains, and will reach to other generations. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Theology in religion is what poisons are in food. Napoleon Bonaparte
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To be believed, make the truth unbelievable. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Oh Man, Man. How despicable in slavery, how great when fired with the love of freedom! Napoleon Bonaparte
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No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate. Napoleon Bonaparte
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I would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good. Napoleon Bonaparte
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The object of war is victory, the object of victory is conquest, and the object of conquest is occupation. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Unavailable wars are always just. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Liberty is a need felt by a small class of people whom nature has endowed with nobler minds than the mass of men;.... Consequently, it may be repressed with impunity. Equality, on the other hand, pleases the masses. Napoleon Bonaparte
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The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so. Napoleon Bonaparte
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England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Battles are lost or won in 15 minutes Napoleon Bonaparte
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Europe thus divided into nationalities freely formed and free internally, peace between States would have become easier: the United States of Europe would become a possibility. Napoleon Bonaparte
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From first to last, Jesus is the same; always the same - majestic and simple, infinitely severe and infinitely gentle. Napoleon Bonaparte
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The sight of a battlefield after the fight is enough to inspire princes with a love of peace and a horror of war. Napoleon Bonaparte
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There is no class of men so difficult to be managed in a state, as those whose intentions are honest, but whose consciences are bewitched. Napoleon Bonaparte
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All the scholastic scaffolding falls, as a ruined edifice, before one single word - faith. Napoleon Bonaparte
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But it is at home and not in public that one should wash ones dirty linen. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Give me enough medals and I"ll win you any war Napoleon Bonaparte
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Music of all the arts has the most influence on the passions and the legislator should give it the greatest encouragement. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Even in war moral power is to physical as three parts out of four. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world. Napoleon Bonaparte
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The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves. Napoleon Bonaparte
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The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent... Napoleon Bonaparte
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A fool is only troublesome, a pedant insupportable. Napoleon Bonaparte
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He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice. Napoleon Bonaparte
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In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one. Napoleon Bonaparte
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The World is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good. Napoleon Bonaparte
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From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always decided the outcome of the greatest events. Napoleon Bonaparte
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All systems of morality are fine. The Gospel alone has exhibited a complete assemblage of the principles of morality divested of all absurdity. It is not composed, like your creed, of a few commonplace sentences put in bad verse. Do you wish to see that which is really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Generals are not to be too scrupulous. Napoleon Bonaparte
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War,-the trade of barbarians! Napoleon Bonaparte
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We are born, we live, we die among supernatural. Napoleon Bonaparte
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There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging. Napoleon Bonaparte
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The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time. Napoleon Bonaparte
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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. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Society cannot exist without inequality of fortunes and the inequality of fortunes could not subsist without religion. Whenever a half-starved person is near another who is glutted, it is impossible to reconcile the difference if there is not an authority who tells him to. Napoleon Bonaparte
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In my youth I, too, entertained some illusions; but I soon recovered from them. Napoleon Bonaparte
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Victory belongs to the most persevering. Napoleon Bonaparte
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte
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He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows. Napoleon Bonaparte
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The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means. Napoleon Bonaparte
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The French complain of everything, and always. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Victory and disaster establish indestructible bonds between armies and their commanders. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Insubordination may only be the evidence of a strong mind. Napoleon Bonaparte
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In war, men are nothing, one man is everything. Napoleon Bonaparte
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I would believe any religion that could prove it had existed since the beginning of the world. But when I see Socrates, Plato, Moses, and Mohammed I do not think there is such a one. All religions owe their origin to man. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Strong coffee, much strong coffee, is what awakens me. Coffee gives me warmth, waking, an unusual force and a pain that is not without very great pleasure. Napoleon Bonaparte
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What is a throne? - a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state- I alone am here the representative of the people. Even if I had done wrong you should not have reproached me in public - people wash their dirty linen at home. France has more need of me than I of France. Napoleon Bonaparte
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The Mohammedan religion is the finest of all Napoleon Bonaparte
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A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage. Napoleon Bonaparte
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The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man. Napoleon Bonaparte
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In war there is but one favorable moment; the great art is to seize it! Napoleon Bonaparte
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Space we can recover; time never. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene and Frederic. ... This is the only way to become a great general and master the secrets of the art of war. Napoleon Bonaparte
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If you wage war, do it energetically and with severity. This is the only way to make it shorter and consequently less inhuman. Napoleon Bonaparte
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It should not be believed that a march of three or four days in the wrong direction can be corrected by a countermarch. As a rule, this is to make two mistakes instead of one. Napoleon Bonaparte
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It is the business of cavalry to follow up the victory, and to prevent the beaten army from rallying. Napoleon Bonaparte
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In war, the moral element and public opinion are half the battle. Napoleon Bonaparte
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