Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes - Page 27

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• In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Greatness, Men, Tragedy

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• The true wealth of a state consists in the number of its inhabitants, in their toil and industry.

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  Work, Numbers, Toil

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• The public spirit is in the hands of the man who knows how to make use of it.

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  Men, Hands, Use

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• Mankind are in the end always governed by superiority of intellectual faculties, and none are more sensible of this than the military profession. When, on my return from Italy, I assumed the dress of the Institute, and associated with men of science, I knew what I was doing: I was sure of not being misunderstood by the lowest drummer boy in the army.

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  Military, Army, Boys

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• It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned.

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  Reason, Legislature, Impassioned

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

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• A portion of the multitude must ever be coerced.

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  Portions, Multitudes

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• Give me enough medals and I’ll win you any war

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  War, Winning, Giving

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• Across a chasm of eighteen hundred years, Jesus Christ makes a demand which is beyond all others difficult to satisfy; He asks for that which a philosopher may often seek in vain at the hands of his friends, or a father of his children, or a bride of her spouse, or a man of his brother. He asks for the human heart; He will have it entirely to Himself. He demands it unconditionally; and forthwith His demand is granted. Wonderful!

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  Jesus, Brother, Children

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

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• It is easier to brave and threaten, than to conquer an enemy.

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  War, Brave, Enemy

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• One bad general is worth two good ones.

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  Military, War, Two

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• It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory

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  Men, Soul, Victory

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• I am conquered less by fortune than by the egotism and ingratitude of my companions in arms.

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  Arms, Fortune, Companion

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• To attach no importance to public opinion, is a proof that you do not merit its suffrage.

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  Public Opinion, Merit, Proof

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• It is not enough to give orders they must be obeyed.

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  Order, Giving, Enough

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• A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle.

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  Fate, History, Battle

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• The heart of a statesman should be in his head.

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  Heart, Power, Should

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

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• The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man.

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  Men, Liberty, Sacred

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• War is cruel to the people, and terrible to the conquered.

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  War, People, Terrible

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• The nature of Christ is, I grant it, from one end to another, a web of mysteries; but this mysteriousness does not correspond to the difficulties which all existence contains. Let it be rejected, and the whole world is an enigma; let it be accepted, and we possess a wonderful explanation of the history of man.

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  Men, Doe, World

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 423, 1895.

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• As a rule it is circumstances that make men.

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  Men, Humanity, Circumstances

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

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• The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests.

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  Judging, Priests, Power Of God

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

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• I don't employ Talleyrand when I want a thing done, but only when I want to have the appearance of wanting to do it.

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  History, Done, Want

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• A great European federative system alone can be favourable to the development of civilisation.

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  Power, Development, Politics

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• Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty.

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  Doe, Neglect, Repetition

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• A book in which there were no lies would be a curiosity.

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  Lying, Book, Curiosity

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

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