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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes - Page 21

Ordinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze.

"Napoleon's Cavalry and its Leaders". Book by David Johnson, 1978.

An army marches on its stomach.

Attributed in Wash. Post, 18 Sept. 1898. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, this was "probably condensed from a long passage in E. A. de Las Cases Memorial de Ste-Helene (1823) vol. 4, 14 Nov. 1816; also attributed to Frederick the Great, in Notes and Queries 10 March 1866." The 1866 attribution to Frederick is worded "an army moves on (or by) its stomach."

He who cannot look over a battlefield with a dry eye, causes the death of many men uselessly.

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

Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.

"Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts" collected and published by Cte. A. G. de Liancourt; edited by James Alexander Manning, (p. 248), 1848.

Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

"Mama Was My Teacher: Growing Up In A Small Southern Town" by Dozier Cade, (p. 77), 2004.

The life of a citizen is the property of his country.

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

In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.

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