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Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything.

Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Men, Hair

Conscription is the vitality of a nation, the purification of its morality, and the real foundations of all its habits

Napoleon Bonaparte
Military, Real, Foundation

Nothing renders a nation so despicable as religious despotism.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Religious, Despotism, Despicable

There are two merits that glorify a person: being courageous for a man and being virtuous for a woman. Besides these two, there is another merit that glorifies both man and woman: so much loving the homeland to an extent with being ready to sacrifice his/her life, if needed. Turks are such courageous and virtuous people. That is why you can kill a Turk but you can never defeat them.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Sacrifice, Men, Two

The best generals are those who have served in the artillery.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Military, Artillery

An army's effectiveness depends on its size, training, experience, and morale, and morale is worth more than any of the other factors combined.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Army, Effectiveness

You cannot treat with all the world at once.

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

A true master of politics is able to calculate, down to the smallest fraction, the advantages to which he may put his very faults.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, May, Politics

We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.

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

While I live I will never resort to irredeemable paper.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Investing, Paper, Resorts

In war, moral factors acount for three quarters of the whole; relative material strength accounts for only one quarter.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Three, Moral

Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me, accepted all my views, and yielded easily to my opinions, were those who did me the most injury, and were my worst enemies, because, by surrendering to me so easily, they encouraged me to go too far... I was then too powerful for any man, except myself, to injure me.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Powerful, Men, Worst Enemy

Go Sir, gallop and don't forget that the world was made in six days. You can ask me for anything but not time.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Six, World, Forget
Napoleon Bonaparte (2010). “The Corsican: The Virtual Diary of Napoleon Bonaparte”, p.134, Fireship Press

Without cavalry, battles are without result.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Military, Army, Battle

Whatever may be the position in life of a parent, it is his duty to share his crust with his children. If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Children, Parent, Done

It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.

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

From first to last, Jesus is the same; always the same--majestic and simple, infinitely severe and infinitely gentle.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Jesus, Simple, Lasts

Religion is, in fact, the dominion of the soul; it is the hope, the anchor of safety, the deliverance from evil. What a service has Christianity rendered to humanity!

Napoleon Bonaparte
Anchors, Safety, Evil

After me, the Revolution - or, rather the ideas which formed it - will resume their course. It will be like a book from which the marker is removed, and one starts to read again at the page where one left off.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Book, Ideas, Pages

The Allied Powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon is the sole obstacle to the re-establishment of peace in Europe, he, faithful to his oath, declares that he is ready to descend from the throne, to quit France, and even to relinquish life, for the good of his country.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Country, Army, Europe
Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon's life in camp and cabinet, from the French of M. de Bourienne, Segur, Las Cases, &c. &c. &c”, Рипол Классик

Age, habits of business and experience have modified many characters.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Character, Age, Habit

The spectacle of a field of battle after the combat, is sufficient to inspire Princes with the love of peace, and the horror of war.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Inspire, Battle

In time of revolution, with perseverance and courage, a soldier should think nothing impossible.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Perseverance, War, Thinking

A legislator must know how to take advantage of even the defects of those he wants to govern. The art consists in making others work rather than in wearing oneself out.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Art, Power, Politics

Do you know what is more hard to bear than the reverses of fortune? It is the baseness, the hideous ingratitude, of man.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Men, Bears, Fortune

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