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If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly would weep for them, but political necessity comes before everything else.

If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly would weep for them, but political necessity comes before everything else.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Men, Political

The keys of a fortress are always well worth the retirement of the garrison when it is resolved to yield only on those conditions. On this principle it is always wiser to grant an honorable capitulation to a garrison which has made a vigorous resistance than to risk an assault.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Retirement, War, Yield

When you have resolved to fight a battle, collect your whole force. Dispense with nothing. A single battalion sometimes decides the day.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Fighting, Battle
Napoleon Bonaparte (2012). “Napoleon's Military Maxims”, p.34, Courier Corporation

There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.

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

It must be recognized that the real truths of history are hard to discover. Happily, for the most part, they are rather matters of curiosity than of real importance.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Real, Curiosity, Matter
"Napoleon : In His Own Words" edited by Jules Bertaut, translated by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes, (Ch. V), 1916.

Muhammad was a great man, an intrepid soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Bender (sic); a great captain, eloquent, a great man of state, he revived his fatherland and created a new people and a new power in the middle of Arabia.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Army, Men, People
"Précis des guerres de César, écrit à Sainte-Hélène sous la dictée de l'empereur" edited by Comte Marchand, (p. 237), 1836.

I may be accused or rashness, but not sluggishness.

Napoleon Bonaparte
May, Accused, Rashness

I believe love to be hurtful to society, and to the individual happiness of men. I believe, in short, that love does more harm than good.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Love, Believe, Men

It is neither holy, Roman or an empire.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Empires, Holy

Our credulity is a part of the imperfection of our natures. It is inherent in us to desire to generalize, when we ought, on the contrary, to guard ourselves very carefully from this tendency.

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

Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.

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

The merit of Mahomet is that he founded a religion without an inferno.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Merit, Hell, Inferno
Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

The tools belong to the man who can use them.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Men, Tools, Use
"For This President, Power Is There for the Taking" by Richard W. Stwvwnson, www.nytimes.com. May 15, 2005.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

Napoleon Bonaparte
Time, Memories, Writing History

Ability has nothing to do with opportunity.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Smart, Opportunity, Addiction

The process of quitting smoking doesn't end with the last cigarette. It's not quitting itself, the real key is staying quit

Napoleon Bonaparte
Encouragement, Real, Keys

The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Art, Jobs, Power
Letter to Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot, (August 9, 1796); in "Correspondance de Napoléon Ier", Vol. 1, (p. 532), 1858.

The gospel is not a book; it is a living being, with an action, a power, which invades every thing that opposes its extension, behold! It is upon this table: This book, surpassing all others. I never omit to read it, and every day with some pleasure.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Bible, Book, Tables

I start out by believing the worst

Napoleon Bonaparte
Believe, Worst

Christ alone has succeeded in so raising the mind of man toward the unseen, that it becomes insensible to the barriers of time and space.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Christian, Jesus, Men
Attributed in "The Divinity of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" by Henry Parry Liddon, (pp. 147-148), 1868.

It is only with prudence, sagacity, and much dexterity that great aims are accomplished, and all obstacles surmounted. Otherwise nothing is accomplished.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Dexterity, Obstacles, Accomplished
Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.

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

In political administration, no problem is ever simple. It can never be reduced to the question whether a certain measure is good or not.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Simple, Political

The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those chosen to attain their full worth.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Art, Men, Enabling

A commander in chief ought to say to himself several times a day: If the enemy should appear on my front, on my right, on my left, what would I do? And if the question finds him uncertain, he is not well placed, he is not as he should be, and he should remedy it.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Enemy, Should, Chiefs
Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

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