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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes - Page 20

Whatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species.

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

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

Quoted in Barry E. O'Meara, Napoleon in Exile (1822). The Pennsylvania Gazette, 20 Aug. 1794, prints "Barrere's Report of the Naval Action of the 1st of June" to the National Convention of France, 16 June. Included in this report is the sentence: "Let Pitt then boast of this victory of his nation of shop-keepers (national boutiquiere.)" The author was revolutionary and legislator Bertrand Barrere. See Adam Smith 7; Josiah Tucker 1

In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter.

'Correspondance de Napolèon Ier' vol. 17 (1865) no.14276 'Observations sur les affaires d'Espagne, Saint- Cloud, 27 août 1808'

The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it for all the thrones in the world.

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations". Book by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, 1922.

A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything.

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

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Quoted in D. G. De Pradt, Histoire de l'Ambassade dans le Grand-Duche de Varsovie en 1812 (1815) See Thomas Paine 30; Warton 1

From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.

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

Hereditary succession to the magistracy is absurd, as it tends to make a property of it; it is incompatible with the sovereignty of the people.

"Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts" collected and published by Cte. A. G. de Liancourt; edited by James Alexander Manning, (p. 246), 1848.

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many misfortunes, that death is not the greatest of them.

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