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• Christ alone has succeeded in so raising the mind of man toward the unseen, that it becomes insensible to the barriers of time and space.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Christian, Jesus, Men

  Attributed in "The Divinity of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" by Henry Parry Liddon, (pp. 147-148), 1868.

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• The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.

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  Art, Jobs, Power

  Letter to Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot, (August 9, 1796); in "Correspondance de Napoléon Ier", Vol. 1, (p. 532), 1858.

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• The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.

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  Art, Men, Giving

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

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• The worse the troops the greater the need of artillery.

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  War, Troops, Needs

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• The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so.

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  Men, Soldier, He Man

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• Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.

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  Time, Writing, Army

  Napoleon Bonaparte (2010). “The Corsican: The Virtual Diary of Napoleon Bonaparte”, p.370, Fireship Press

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• Morality for the upper classes, the gallows for the rabbles.

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  Class, Upper Class, Morality

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• This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have given England a maritime rival who sooner or later will humble her pride.

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  Humble, Pride, Forever

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• There is no Nation however small which had the right to set itself free, that has not rescued itself from the dishonour of obeying the Prince imposed by an enemy in the hour of victory.

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  Enemy, Victory, Hours

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• In political administration, no problem is ever simple. It can never be reduced to the question whether a certain measure is good or not.

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  Power, Simple, Political

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• Give me enough ribbons to place on the tunics of my soldiers and I can conquer the world.

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  Conquer The World, Giving, Soldier

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• A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has a soul.

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  Atheist, Thinking, Giving

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• True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat.

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  Life, Sports, Hero

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• There are in Europe many good generals, but they see too many things at once. I see one thing, namely the enemy's main body. I try to crush it, confident that secondary matters will then settle themselves.

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  Crush, War, Europe

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• Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system.

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  Unhappy, Battle, Fields

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

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• The nature of Christ's existence is mysterious, I admit; but this mystery meets the wants of man. Reject it, and the world is an inexplicable riddle; believe it, and the history of our race is satisfactorily explained.

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  Believe, Men, Race

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• Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me

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  Equality, Careers, Voice

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• Do you know what astonished me the most in this world? The inability of force to create anything.

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  Inability, World, Force

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• Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

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  Mothers Day, Mom, Mother And Son

  "Mama Was My Teacher: Growing Up In A Small Southern Town" by Dozier Cade, (p. 77), 2004.

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• Alexander, Charlemagne and myself all tried to found an empire on force and we failed. Jesus Christ is building an empire on love, and today there are millions of people who would gladly die for His sake.

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  Jesus, Inspiration, People

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• In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. The line of battle once established, the one who has the ability to concentrate an unlooked for mass of artillery suddenly and unexpectedly on one of these points is sure to carry the day.

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  Art, Fire, Battle

  "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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• France will always be a great nation.

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  France, Nations, Great Nations

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

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• I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.

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  Love, Artist, Power

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• A man is not dependent upon his fellow creature, when he does not fear death.

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  Men, Doe, Fear Of Death

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• I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.

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  Successors

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