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Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Music, Wisdom, Race

Where the Government is weak, military sway prevails.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Military, Power, Government

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Hands, Order, Accepted
"Constructing Futures: Industry leaders and futures thinking in construction". Book by Paul Chan, Rachel Cooper, p. 105, December 8, 2010.

You cannot stop me; I spend thirty thousand men a month.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Men, Months

Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Men, Accord, Wells

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Witty, Time, Powerful

Be successful! I judge men only by the results of their actions.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Successful, Men, Judging

We are either kings or pawns of men

Napoleon Bonaparte
Kings, Men, Pawns

We should always go before our enemies with confidence, otherwise our apparent uneasiness inspires them with greater boldness.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Inspire, Enemy

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Giving, Political, Command
"Memoirs of Count Miot de Melito (1788-1815)" translated by Frances Cashel Hoey and John Lillie, Vol. II, (p. 113), 1881.

War must be made as intense and awful as possible in order to make it short, and thus to diminish its horrors.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Order, Awful

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Humorous, Doctors

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Space, Ability To Love, Consciousness

In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them.

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

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.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Destiny, Goal, Ignorant
Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Leadership, Helping, Outlook
Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Destiny, Battle

The fate of war is to be exalted in the morning, and low enough at night! There is but one step from triumph to ruin.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Morning, War, Fate

It is with artillery that war is made.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Made, Artillery

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

Napoleon Bonaparte
Mean, Power, People

The most desirable quality in a soldier is constancy in the support of fatigue; valor is only secondary.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Support, Soldier, Quality
Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

Napoleon Bonaparte
May, Forethought, Foresight

He that makes war without many mistakes has not made war very long.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Military, War, Mistake

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Sympathy, Men, Laughing

Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Truth, Honesty, Character
Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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