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• What are the conditions that make for the superiority of an army? Its internal organization, military habits in officers and men, the confidence of each in themselves; that is to say, bravery, patience, and all that is contained in the idea of moral means.

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  Military, Mean, Army

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

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• Our credulity is a part of the imperfection of our natures. It is inherent in us to desire to generalize, when we ought, on the contrary, to guard ourselves very carefully from this tendency.

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  Imperfection, Desire, Tendencies

  "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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• You may ask me for anything you like except time.

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  Time, May, Ask Me

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• The friendship of a great man is a favor of the gods.

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  Friendship, Men, Favors

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• Ability has nothing to do with opportunity.

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  Smart, Opportunity, Addiction

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• It must be recognized that the real truths of history are hard to discover. Happily, for the most part, they are rather matters of curiosity than of real importance.

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  Real, Curiosity, Matter

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

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• It is neither holy, Roman or an empire.

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  Empires, Holy

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• History paints the human heart.

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  Heart, History, Paint

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• The tools belong to the man who can use them.

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  Men, Tools, Use

  "For This President, Power Is There for the Taking" by Richard W. Stwvwnson, www.nytimes.com. May 15, 2005.

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• What is history but a fable agreed upon?

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  Time, Memories, Writing History

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• The merit of Mahomet is that he founded a religion without an inferno.

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  Merit, Hell, Inferno

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

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• If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

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  Art, War, Fate

  "The Mind of Napoleon" by J. Christopher Herold, (p. 45), 1955.

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• Even when I am gone, I shall remain in people's minds the star of their rights, my name will be the war cry of their efforts, the motto of their hopes.

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  Stars, War, Rights

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• The process of quitting smoking doesn't end with the last cigarette. It's not quitting itself, the real key is staying quit

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  Encouragement, Real, Keys

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• When you have resolved to fight a battle, collect your whole force. Dispense with nothing. A single battalion sometimes decides the day.

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  War, Fighting, Battle

  Napoleon Bonaparte (2012). “Napoleon's Military Maxims”, p.34, Courier Corporation

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• Whatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species.

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  Ingrates, May, Exception

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

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• It is only with prudence, sagacity, and much dexterity that great aims are accomplished, and all obstacles surmounted. Otherwise nothing is accomplished.

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  Dexterity, Obstacles, Accomplished

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

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• The gospel is not a book; it is a living being, with an action, a power, which invades every thing that opposes its extension, behold! It is upon this table: This book, surpassing all others. I never omit to read it, and every day with some pleasure.

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  Bible, Book, Tables

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• Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.

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  Order, People, Dazzle

  "Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts" collected and published by Cte. A. G. de Liancourt; edited by James Alexander Manning, (p. 248), 1848.

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• Muhammad was a great man, an intrepid soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Bender (sic); a great captain, eloquent, a great man of state, he revived his fatherland and created a new people and a new power in the middle of Arabia.

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  Army, Men, People

  "Précis des guerres de César, écrit à Sainte-Hélène sous la dictée de l'empereur" edited by Comte Marchand, (p. 237), 1836.

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• The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those chosen to attain their full worth.

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  Art, Men, Enabling

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• To negotiate is not to do as one likes.

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  Power, Politics, Likes

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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.

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  War, Way, Severity

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• I start out by believing the worst

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  Believe, Worst

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• A commander in chief ought to say to himself several times a day: If the enemy should appear on my front, on my right, on my left, what would I do? And if the question finds him uncertain, he is not well placed, he is not as he should be, and he should remedy it.

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  Enemy, Should, Chiefs

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

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