Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes - Page 17

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• It is the success which makes great men.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Congratulations, Men, Great Men

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

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• In war, men are nothing, one man is everything.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Men, One Man

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• Which is heavier: a soldier's pack or a slave's chains?

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Soldier, Slave, Chains

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• When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Live Life, Men, Mediocrity

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

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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

  Differences, Justice, Half

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• There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Law, Safe

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

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• Soldiers win battles and generals get the medals.

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  Work, Winning, Soldier

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• War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search himself to know whether or not he is fitted for the trade.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Country, War, Men

  "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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• Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Greatness, Lasting

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• Providence is always on the side of the last reserve.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Lasts, Sides

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 841-60, 1922.

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• If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly would weep for them, but political necessity comes before everything else.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, Men, Political

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• The keys of a fortress are always well worth the retirement of the garrison when it is resolved to yield only on those conditions. On this principle it is always wiser to grant an honorable capitulation to a garrison which has made a vigorous resistance than to risk an assault.

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  Retirement, War, Yield

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• The French complain of everything, and always.

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  Funny, Humorous, Complaining

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

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• I pay attention only to what people do or say. I never pay attention to what they think.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Thinking, People, Attention

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• The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Principles, Difficulty

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

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• Good intelligence is nine-tenths of any battle.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Battle, Nine

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• The only true conquests-those that awaken no regrets- are those obtained over our ignorance.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Regret, Ignorance, No Regrets

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• Kiss the feet of Popes provided their hands are tied.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Kissing, Hands, Feet

  "Memoirs of Napoleon" published by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, (1829-1831).

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• For the stability of the Government, the people should have a considerable voice in the elections.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, Government, Should Have

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• The most insupportable of tyrannies is that of inferiors.

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  Tyranny, Inferiors

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• The law, that is what makes men stay honest.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Men, Law, Honest

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• Oh Man, Man. How despicable in slavery, how great when fired with the love of freedom!

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  Men, Slavery, Despicable

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• Men will risk their lives, even die for ribbons.

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  Men, Risk, Ribbons

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• Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Military, Army, Order

  "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 believe love to be hurtful to society, and to the individual happiness of men. I believe, in short, that love does more harm than good.

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  Love, Believe, Men

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