Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes - Page 6

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• A good sketch is better than a long speech.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Life, Art, Architecture

  "L'Arche de Noé" by Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, (p. 48), 1968.

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• There is no such thing as an accident, only a failure to recognise the hand of fate

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Fate, Hands, Recognise

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• The bullet that will kill me is not yet cast.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Army, Bullets, Kill Me

  Statement at Montereau, February 17, 1814.

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• The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Hands, Giving, Gains

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• The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Enemy, Chaos, Winner

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• The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Destiny, Battle

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• Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Hypocrisy, Virtue

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

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• It would be a joke if the conduct of the victor had to be justified to the vanquished.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Power, Would Be

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• Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Country, Leaving, Glory

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• Leave the Artillerymen alone, they are an obstinate lot.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Military, Artillery, Obstinate

  "The Dictionary of Military and Naval Quotations". Book Robert Heinl, Jr., 1966.

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• France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Character, Men, France

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• The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Mistake, Army, Navy

  Attributed in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, 1922.

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• If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation

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  Long, Preparation, Might

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• Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Change, Peace, Inspiration

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• To live, is to suffer; and the honest man is always fighting to be master of his own mind.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Fighting, Men, Mind

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• Imagination rules the world.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Positive, War, New Beginnings

  Napoleon Bonaparte (2010). “The Corsican: The Virtual Diary of Napoleon Bonaparte”, p.107, Fireship Press

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• Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Break Up, Hope, Courage

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Enemy, Process, Destroying

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• Every beggar shall be arrested. But to arrest a beggar merely in order to put him in jail would be barbarous and absurd. He should be arrested for the sole purpose of teaching him how to earn a living by his work.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Teaching, Order, Jail

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• One must learn to forgive and not to hold a hostile, bitter attitude of mind, which offends those about us and prevents us from enjoying ourselves. One must recognize human shortcomings and adjust himself to them rather than to be constantly finding fault with them.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Attitude, Forgiving, Mind

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

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• I have only one counsel for you - be master.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Masters

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• Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Interesting, Social Justice, Oppression

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• Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Inspirational, Positive, Wisdom

  "Famous Sayings and their Authors" by Edward Latham, (p. 138), 1906.

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• Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should have said, with everyone.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Should Have, Ideas, Enemy

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• All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Clever, Opportunity, Men

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