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War is the business of barbarians.

War is the business of barbarians.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Peace, War, Barbarians

There is no strength without justice.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Justice, Politics

A man who has no consideration for the needs of his men ought never to be given command.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Men, Needs, Consideration
"Napoleon : In His Own Words" edited by Jules Bertaut, translated by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes, (Ch. VII), 1916.

In war there is but one favorable moment; the great art is to seize it!

Napoleon Bonaparte
Art, Military, War

Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.

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

Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Taken, Medicine, Medical
Napoleon in Exile (Barry O'Meara)

My business is to succeed, and I’m good at it. I create my Iliad by my actions, create it day by day.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Military, Succeed, Action

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Children, Women, Army
"The St. Helena Journal of General Baron Gourgaud, 1815-1818 : Being a Diary written at St. Helena during a part of Napoleon's Captivity", translated by Norman Edwards, 1932.

Has a man the right to kill himself? Yes, if his death harms no one and if life is an evil to him. When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Pain, Men, Evil

One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.

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

From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always decided the outcome of the greatest events.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Triumph, Events, Outcomes

I may lose a battle but I will never lose a minute.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Battle, May, Minutes

In war you see your own troubles; those of the enemy you cannot see. You must show confidence.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Enemy, Trouble

I like honest men of all colors.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Men, Color, Honest

A starving army is actually worse than none.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Army, Starving

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

Napoleon Bonaparte
Long, Preparation, Might

I feel myself driven towards an end that I do not know. As soon as I shall have reached it, as soon as I shall become unnecessary, an atom will suffice to shatter me. Till then, not all the forces of mankind can do anything against me.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Grieving, Atoms, Unnecessary

Public opinion is a mysterious and invisible power, to which everything must yield. There is nothing more fickle, more vague, or more powerful; yet capricious as it is, it is nevertheless much more often true, reasonable, and just, than we imagine.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Powerful, Yield, Public Opinion

To extraordinary circumstance we must apply extraordinary remedies.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Circumstances, Remedy

There is a joy in danger.

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

Treason is a matter of dates.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Matter, Treason

I know men, and I tell you, Jesus is more than a man. Comparison is impossible between Him and any other human being who ever lived, because He was the Son of God.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Jesus, Son, Men

Space we can recover; time never.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Regret, Procrastination, Space

My true glory is not to have won 40 battles ... Waterloo will erase the memory of so many victories, ... But ... what will live forever, is my Civil Code.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Memories, Forever, Victory

A beautiful woman like eyes, and a good heart; One is a beautiful thing, and other treasures.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Beautiful, Heart, Eye

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