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The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.

The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.

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

I know he's a good general, but is he lucky?

Napoleon Bonaparte
Lucky, Knows

It is the business of cavalry to follow up the victory, and to prevent the beaten army from rallying.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Army, Victory
Napoleon Bonaparte (2012). “Napoleon's Military Maxims”, p.20, Courier Corporation

If obedience is the result of the instinct of the masses, revolt is the result of their thought.

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

This year has begun hopefully for right thinkers. After all these centuries of feudal barbarism and political slavery, it is surprising to see how the word of 'liberty' sets minds on fire.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Fire, Years, Political
Napoleon Bonaparte (2010). “The Corsican: The Virtual Diary of Napoleon Bonaparte”, p.4, Fireship Press

Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Character, Men, Delight
"Memoirs of Napoleon" published by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, (1829-1831).

I have made noise enough in the world already, perhaps too much, and am now getting old, and want retirement.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Retirement, Want, Noise

The people excited by ambitious demagogues, sooner or later return into the hands of the Aristocracy.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Hands, People, Ambitious

To listen to the interests of all marks an ordinary government; to foresee them marks a great government.

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

Battles are lost or won in 15 minutes

Napoleon Bonaparte
Battle, Lost, Minutes

Morality has nothing to do with such a man as I am.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Men, Morality
Attributed in "The Story of World Progress" by Willis Mason West, (p. 433), 1922.

Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.

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

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Crime, Plague, Criminality

All men of genius, and all those who have gained rank in the republic of letters, are brothers, whatever may be the land of their nativity.

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

Wherever wood can swim, there I am sure to find this flag of England.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Army, Swim, Flags
Statement at Rochefort, July 1815.

It is an ambassador's duty to stand up for his nation's foreign policy in any era and under any government whatsoever. Ambassadors are, in the full meaning of the term, titled spies.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Government, Spy

In these days the invention of printing, and the diffusion of knowledge, render historical calumnies a little less dangerous: truth will always prevail in the long run, but how slow its progress!

Napoleon Bonaparte
Running, Long, Historical

Democracy, if it is reasonable, limits itself to giving everyone an equal opportunity to compete and to obtain.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Opportunity, Giving

In war, as in love, we must come into contact before we triumph.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Triumph, Contact

At the head of an army, nothing is more becoming than simplicity.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Army, Simplicity

When I was happy I thought I knew men, but it was fated that I should know them in misfortune only.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Men, Should, Knows

All things proclaim the existence of God.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Existence, God Exists, Existence Of God

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Inspirational, War, Past

If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy of my country. You would be beaten in the end, and perhaps a revolution in India would follow.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Country, War, Men
"The Mind of Napoleon" by J. Christopher Herold, (p. 249), 1955.

A prince should suspect everything.

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

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