Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes, Principles Quotes

The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles.

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As for myself, I do not believe that such a person as Jesus Christ ever existed; but as the people are inclined to superstition, it is proper not to oppose them.

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The only true conquests-those that awaken no regrets- are those obtained over our ignorance.

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I made all my generals out of mud.

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The purely defensive is doomed to defeat.

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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.

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Remember, gentlemen, what a Roman emperor said: The corpse of an enemy always smells sweet.

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Destiny urges me to a goal of which I am ignorant. Until that goal is attained I am invulnerable, unassailable. When Destiny has accomplished her purpose in me, a fly may suffice to destroy me.

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He who is unmoved by tears has no heart.

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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.

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Good and decent people must be protected and persuaded by gentle means, but the rabble must be led by terror.

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The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.

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Necessity dominates inclination, will, and right.

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In war it is not men, but the man who counts.

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I have noticed in every campaign that I have fought-that there is a key segment of time, somewhere between 13 and 15 minutes in which the battle is won or lost. I focus on that segment of time, and I win.

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Until then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses; but give me none in return, for they set my blood on fire.

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All systems of morality are fine. The gospel alone has exhibited a complete assemblage of the principles of morality, divested of all absurdity. It is not composed, like your creed, of a few common-place sentences put into bad verse. Do you wish to see that which is really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.

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Better to have a known enemy than a forced ally.

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I cannot approve of your method of operation, you proceed like a bewildered idiot, taking not the least notice of my orders.

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The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces nothing worthwhile.

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