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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes - Page 3

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The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Communication, Keeping Promises

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

Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Immature, Fruit, Obstacles

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

Terrorism, War & Bankruptcy are caused by the privatization of money, issued as a debt and compounded by interest.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Debt, Terrorism

Half of the people in the world are below average.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Average, People, Half

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Live Life, Fighting, Men

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

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Stupid, Power, Intellectual

An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Inspirational, Army, Lions

Napoleon Bonaparte “A selection from the letters and despatches of the first Napoleon”, Рипол Классик

On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Beer, Victory, Needs

History is written by the winners.

Napoleon Bonaparte

History, Winner, Written

If I were to give liberty to the press, my power could not last three days.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Evil, Giving, Liberty

After making a mistake or suffering a misfortune, the man of genius always gets back on his feet.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Mistake, Men, Feet

Adversity is the midwife of genius

Napoleon Bonaparte

Adversity, Genius, Midwife

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

Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Inspirational, Chance, Hours

Give me an educated mother, I shall promise you the birth of a civilized, educated nation

Napoleon Bonaparte

Mother, Giving, Promise

No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Fall, Fate, Enemy

Arabia was idolatrous when, six centuries after Jesus, Muhammad introduced the worship of the God of Abraham, of Ishmael, of Moses, and Jesus. The Ariyans and some other sects had disturbed the tranquility of the east by agitating the question of the nature of the Father, the son, and the Holy Ghost. Muhammad declared that there was none but one God who had no father, no son and that the trinity imported the idea of idolatry.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Jesus, Father, Islamic

The art of being sometimes audacious and sometimes very prudent is the secret of success.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Art, Secret, Prudent

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Family, Moving, Book

A woman laughing is a woman conquered.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Relationship, Marriage, Laughing

This soldier, I realized, must have had friends at home and in his regiment; yet he lay there deserted by all except his dog. I looked on, unmoved, at battles which decided the future of nations. Tearless, I had given orders which brought death to thousands. Yet here I was stirred, profoundly stirred, stirred to tears. And by what? By the grief of one dog. Napoleon Bonaparte, on finding a dog beside the body of his dead master, licking his face and howling, on a moonlit field after a battle. Napoleon was haunted by this scene until his own death.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Dog, Grief, Home

Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Love, Men, Occupation

How can you have order in a state without religion? For, when one man is dying of hunger near another who is ill of surfeit, he cannot resign himself to this difference unless there is an authority which declares 'God wills it thus.' Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Napoleon Bonaparte

God, Men, Order

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Abortion, Should

Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene and Frederic. ... This is the only way to become a great general and master the secrets of the art of war.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Art, Military, War

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Jesus, Islamic, World

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