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Generals who save troops for the next day are always beaten.

Generals who save troops for the next day are always beaten.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Next Day, Troops

It's the people who are in the wrong who get angry.

Napoleon Bonaparte
People, Angry

In war, the general alone can judge of certain arrangements. It depends on him alone to conquer difficulties by his own superior talents and resolution.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Judging, Talent

When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Enemy

Speeches pass away, but acts remain.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Passing Away, Speech

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Inspirational, Thinking Of You, Time

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.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Army, Leaving, Enemy
Statement at Paris, January 23, 1814.

I would believe any religion that could prove it had existed since the beginning of the world. But when I see Socrates, Plato, Moses, and Mohammed I do not think there is such a one. All religions owe their origin to man.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Atheist, Plato, Believe

It is an approved maxim in war, never to do what the enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that he desires it.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Enemy, Wish
Napoleon Bonaparte (2012). “Napoleon's Military Maxims”, p.17, Courier Corporation

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

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

We may stop ourselves when going up, never when coming down.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Failure, May

War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.

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

I would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Lucky

History is a myth that men agree to believe.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Believe, Men, History

In order that a people may be free, it is necessary that the governed be sages, and those who govern, gods.

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

In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Love, War, Together

All religions have been made by men.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Atheist, Men, Religion

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Shows, Our Time, Conception

The object of war is victory, the object of victory is conquest, and the object of conquest is occupation.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Victory, Occupation

Washington is dead! This great man fought against Tyranny; he established the liberty of his country. His memory will always be dear to the French people, as it will be to all free men of the two worlds; and especially to French soldiers, who, like him and the American soldiers, have combated for liberty and equality.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Country, Memories, Men

A faithful friend is the true image of the Deity.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Friends, Faithful, Deities

Men soon get tired of shedding their blood for the advantage of a few individuals, who think they amply reward the soldiers perils with the treasures they amass.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Tired, Men

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Political, Causes, Christianity

All generals, officers, and soldiers who capitulate in battle to save their own lives should be decimated.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Soldier, Battle
Napoleon Bonaparte (2012). “Napoleon's Military Maxims”, p.70, Courier Corporation

Parties weaken themselves by their fear of capable men.

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

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