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• The Turks can be killed, but they can never be conquered.

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  Istanbul

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

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• Nothing is so important in war as an undivided command.

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  War, Important, Command

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• War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.

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  War, Risk, Ought

  "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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• Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other.

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  Men, Accord, Wells

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• Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

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  Philosophy, Virtue, Skepticism

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• A well-composed song strikes the mind and softens the feelings, and produces a greater effect than a moral work, which convinces our reason, but does not warm our feelings, nor effect the slightest alteration in our habits

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  Song, Feelings, Mind

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• It is with artillery that war is made.

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  War, Made, Artillery

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• Parties weaken themselves by their fear of capable men.

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  Party, Men, Capable

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

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• The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.

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  Motivational, Regret, Stupid

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• There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible. I am in a thoroughly painful state of agitation. This does not keep me from looking quite serene in front of my entourage; I am like an unmarried girl laboring with child. Once I have made up my mind, everything is forgotten except what leads to success.

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  Girl, Children, War

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• I drink Champagne when I win, to celebrate...and I drink Champagne when I lose, to console myself.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Drinking, Wine, Winning

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• It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity.

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  Character, Men, History

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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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  Mean, Enemy

  "Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts" collected and published by Cte. A. G. de Liancourt; edited by James Alexander Manning, (p. 30), 1848.

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• The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces nothing worthwhile.

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  Military, Men, Secret

  "Correspondance Napoleon" edited by Henri Plon, Vol. V, No. 3605, (p. 128), 1861.

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• To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Eye, Firsts, Speak

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• A great people may be killed, but they cannot be intimidated.

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  People, May, Great People

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

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• I may be accused or rashness, but not sluggishness.

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  May, Accused, Rashness

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• The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes.

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  Character, Humility, Ornaments

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• True heroism consists in rising superior to misfortune.

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  Heroism, Rising, True Hero

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

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• Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.

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  Health, Exercise, Air

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• Collective crimes incriminate no one.

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  Crime, Collectives

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

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• The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five minutes

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  Reason, Beats, Minutes

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• A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.

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  War, Ideas, Political

  "Journal of International Affairs" by Columbia University. School of International Affairs, (p. 94), 1976.

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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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  Fate, Destiny, Self

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

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• He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice.

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  Practice, Vices, Virtue

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