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In war the simplest manoeuvres are the best.

In war the simplest manoeuvres are the best.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Simplest

In war, character and opinion make more than half of the reality.

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

What are the conditions that make for the superiority of an army? Its internal organization, military habits in officers and men, the confidence of each in themselves; that is to say, bravery, patience, and all that is contained in the idea of moral means.

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

All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art--by adjusting efforts to obstacles.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Perseverance, Art, Achievement

True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Character, Rude, Weakness
"Napoleon : In His Own Words" edited by Jules Bertaut, translated by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes, (Ch. II), 1916.

There is no power without justice.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Justice, Politics

Even when I am gone, I shall remain in people's minds the star of their rights, my name will be the war cry of their efforts, the motto of their hopes.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Stars, War, Rights

What is the future? What is the past? What are we? What is the magic fluid that surrounds us and conceals the things we most need to know? We live and die in the midst of marvels.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Past, Magic, Needs

Reconnaissance memoranda should always be written in the simplest style and be purely descriptive. They should never stray from their objective by introducing extraneous ideas.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Communication, Ideas, Style

An aristocracy is the true support of a monarchy.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Support, Aristocracy, Monarchy

The transition from the defensive to the offensive is one of the most delicate operations in war.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Transition, Offensive
Napoleon Bonaparte (2012). “Napoleon's Military Maxims”, p.26, Courier Corporation

If you want to get on in this world make many promises, but don't keep them.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Success, Promise, World

For the stability of the Government, the people should have a considerable voice in the elections.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Government, Should Have

Remember that a man, a true man, never hates. His rages and his bad moods never last beyond the present moment-like electric shocks.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Hate, Men, Electric Shock

Medicines are only fit for old people.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Medicine, People, Medical

The inevitable end of multiple chiefs is that they fade and disappear for lack of unity.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Leadership, Unity, Disappear

I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Crowns, Saws, France

Agriculture is the soul and chief support of empires; industry produces riches and the happiness of the people; exportation represents the superabundance, and good use of both.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Agriculture, People, Support

Society cannot exist without inequality of fortunes and the inequality of fortunes could not subsist without religion. Whenever a half-starved person is near another who is glutted, it is impossible to reconcile the difference if there is not an authority who tells him to.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Differences, Justice, Half

We must serve the people worthily, and not occupy ourselves in trying to please them. The best way, to gain their affections is to do them good.

Napoleon Bonaparte
People, Trying, Way

Revolutions are like the most noxious dungheaps, which bring into life the noblest vegetables.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Vegetables, Revolution

The purely defensive is doomed to defeat.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Defeat, Doomed

There must be Religion. Otherwise the poor would murder the rich.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Murder, Rich, Poor

The admiral needs only one science, that of navigation. The general needs all the sciences.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Needs, Navigation

Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Fate, Army, Moments
To Dr. Arnott, April 1821.

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