Napoleon Bonaparte quotes page 1
1769-1821, French military and political leader
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
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War is the business of barbarians.
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A true man hates no one.
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Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by incompetence.
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Immortality is the best recollection one leaves.
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Man achieves in life only by commanding the capabilities nature has given him, or by creating
them within himself by education and by knowing how to profit by the difficulties
encountered.
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Space we can recover, time never.
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Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.
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Some revolutions are inevitable. There are moral eruptions, just as the outbreak of volcanoes
are physical eruptions. When the chemical combinations which produce them are complete,
the volcanic eruptions burst forth, just as revolutions do when the moral factors are in the
right state. In order to foresee them, the trend of ideas must be understandingly observed.
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When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.
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Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.
Victory belongs to the most persevering. The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
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Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
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France is invaded; I am leaving to take command of my troops, and, with God's help and their
valor, I hope soon to drive the enemy beyond the frontier.
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He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
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The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their
consequences.
Unite for the public safety, if you would remain an independent nation.
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action comes, stop thinking and go in.
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To listen to the interests of all, marks an ordinary government; to foresee them, marks a
great government.
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A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the
government to its violation.
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Wherever wood can swim, there I am sure to find this Flag of England.
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It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and
obstacles
overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.
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