Give me enough medals and I’ll win you any war
Napoléon BonaparteThe reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
Napoléon BonaparteThe battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies
Napoléon BonaparteReligion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
Napoléon BonaparteIf 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.
Napoléon BonaparteWhat is a throne? — a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state— I alone am here the representative of the people. Even if I had done wrong you should not have reproached me in public—people wash their dirty linen at home. France has more need of me than I of France.
Napoléon BonaparteMy maxim was, la carrière est ouverte aux talents, without distinction of birth or fortune.
Napoléon BonaparteA form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.
Napoléon BonaparteAll great events hang by a hair. The man of ability takes advantage of everything and neglects nothing that can give him a chance of success; whilst the less able man sometimes loses everything by neglecting a single one of those chances.
Napoléon BonaparteAmong so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.
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