Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes - Page 13

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• A faithful friend is the true image of the Deity.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Friends, Faithful, Deities

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• Destiny urges me to a goal of which I am ignorant. Until that goal is attained I am invulnerable, unassailable. When Destiny has accomplished her purpose in me, a fly may suffice to destroy me.

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  Destiny, Goal, Ignorant

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.

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  Leadership, Helping, Outlook

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

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  Lying, Government Lies, Knowing

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• Good and decent people must be protected and persuaded by gentle means, but the rabble must be led by terror.

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  Mean, Power, People

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• We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

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  Sympathy, Men, Laughing

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• The most desirable quality in a soldier is constancy in the support of fatigue; valor is only secondary.

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  Support, Soldier, Quality

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• He that makes war without many mistakes has not made war very long.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Military, War, Mistake

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• I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

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  Giving, Political, Command

  "Memoirs of Count Miot de Melito (1788-1815)" translated by Frances Cashel Hoey and John Lillie, Vol. II, (p. 113), 1881.

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• The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Order

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• Agriculture is the soul and chief support of empires; industry produces riches and the happiness of the people; exportation represents the superabundance, and good use of both.

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  Agriculture, People, Support

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• Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Humorous, Doctors

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• Men are ruled by toys.

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  Men, Toys

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• Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.

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  Truth, Honesty, Character

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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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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  Time, Knowing, Secret

  "Napoleon : In His Own Words" edited by Jules Bertaut, translated by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes, (Ch. VII), 1916.

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• I do not believe it is in our nature to love impartially. We deceive ourselves when we think we can love two beings, even our own children, equally. There is always a dominant affection.

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  Children, Believe, Thinking

  "Napoleon : In His Own Words" edited by Jules Bertaut, translated by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes, (Ch. III), 1916.

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• No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon.

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  Inspiring, Moving, Heart

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• Ability is nothing without opportunity.

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  War, Writing, Opportunity

  "Have You Ever Noticed? : The Wit and Irony of Every Day Life". Book by Joe Moore, 1985.

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• A general must be a charlatan.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Charlatans

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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• A man like me troubles himself little about a million men.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Men, Littles

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• What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.

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  Government, Opinion

  "Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts" collected and published by Cte. A. G. de Liancourt; edited by James Alexander Manning, (p. 242), 1848.

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• In war, the general alone can judge of certain arrangements. It depends on him alone to conquer difficulties by his own superior talents and resolution.

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  War, Judging, Talent

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• The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

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  Motivational, Wisdom, Determination

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon's notes on English history”, Рипол Классик

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• That man made me miss my destiny.

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  War, Destiny, Men

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• History is the invention of historians.

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  History, Invention, Historian

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