Napoléon Bonaparte Quotes

Men take only their needs into consideration never their abilities.
Napoléon Bonaparte
If you start to take Vienna - take Vienna.
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Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures but in the use made of them.
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If they want peace nations should avoid the pinpricks that precede cannon shots.
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The heart of a statesman should be in his head.
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If you start to take Vienna take Vienna.
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Victory belongs to the most persevering.
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Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances.
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The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
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To do all that one is able to do is to be a man to do all that one would like to do is to be a god.
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My downfall raises me to infinite heights.
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The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
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Ability is of little account without opportunity.
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Time is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at and who steals what is most precious to men.
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You may ask me for anything you like except time.
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This man Wellington is so stupid he does not know when he is beaten and goes on fighting.
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To do all that one is able to do is to be a man to do all that one would like to do is to be a god.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances.
Napoléon Bonaparte
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Time is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at and who steals what is most precious to men.
Napoléon Bonaparte
You may ask me for anything you like except time.
Napoléon Bonaparte
This man Wellington is so stupid he does not know when he is beaten and goes on fighting.
Napoléon Bonaparte
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Napoléon Bonaparte
There are only two forces that unite men-fear and interest.
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A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
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10 persons who speak make more noise than 10 000 who are silent.
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How many really capable men are children more than once during the day?
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A leader is a dealer in hope.
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Nothing is more difficult and therefore more precious than to be able to decide.
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There are two levers for moving men - interest and fear.
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The art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.
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Fashion condemns us to many follies the greatest is to make oneself its slave.
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All celebrated people lose dignity on a close view.
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Glory is fleeting but obscurity is forever.
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All the scholastic scaffolding falls as a ruined edifice before a single word: faith.
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The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.
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One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
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Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment.
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With audacity one can undertake anything.
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As to moral courage I have very rarely met with the two o'clock in the morning kind. I mean unprepared courage that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion and which in spite of the most unforeseen events leaves full freedom of judgement and decision.
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The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue.
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If you start to take Vienna take Vienna.
Napoléon Bonaparte
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
Napoléon Bonaparte
There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
Napoléon Bonaparte
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
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Ability is of little account without opportunity.
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I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay hands on everything they can get.
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Men of great ambition have sought happiness . . . and have found fame.
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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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Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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Men of learning in Milan have not enjoyed proper respect. They hid themselves in their laboratories and thought themselves lucky if . . . priests left them alone. All is changed today. Thought in Italy is free. Inquisition, intolerance, despots have vanished. I invite scholars to meet and propose what must be done to give science and the arts a new flowering.
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There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.
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Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.
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I often asked Laplace what he thought of God. He owned that he was an atheist.
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The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
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The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
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