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The more I study the world, the more I am convinced of the inability of brute force to create anything durable.

The more I study the world, the more I am convinced of the inability of brute force to create anything durable.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Inability, World, Study

A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people.

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

A society without religion is like a vessel without compass.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Compass, Vessel

The worse the man, the better the soldier.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Men, Soldier, He Man

It's not the size of the army but the power within the army.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Army, Size, Brooms

I would rather suffer with coffee than be senseless.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Coffee, Suffering, Roasting

The Jesuits are a MILITARY organization, not a religious order. Their chief is a general of an army, not the mere father abbot of a monastery. And the aim of this organization is power - power in its most despotic exercise - absolute power, universal power, power to control the world by the volition of a single man. Jesuitism is the most absolute of despotisms - and at the same time the greatest and most enormous of abuses.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Religious, Father, Military

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Religious, Atheist, People

Nothing is more arrogant than the weakness which feels itself supported by power.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Weakness, Arrogant

Great men grow tired of contentedness.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Tired, Men, Genius

Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me and accepted all my views, were those who did me the most injury.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Views, Injury, Accepted

Knowledge and history are the enemies of religion.

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

All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Women, World, Hours

When I had the honor to be a second lieutenant, I ate dry bread, but I never let anyone know that I was poor.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Honor, Dry, Bread

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Motivational, Attitude, Men

Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Sleep, World, Wakes You

Great ambition is the passion of a great character.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Character, Passion, Ambition

I have only one counsel for you - be master.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Masters

A man is known by his conduct to his wife, to his family, and to those under him.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Men, Wife, Supervision

I have so often been mistaken that I no longer blush for it

Napoleon Bonaparte
Mistaken

Success is the most convincing talker in the world.

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

The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Men, Events, He Man
"Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts" collected and published by Cte. A. G. de Liancourt; edited by James Alexander Manning, (p. 146), 1848.

In order not to be astonished at obtaining victories, one ought not to think only of defeats.

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

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Leadership, War, Character

The secret of war lies in the communications.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Military, War, Lying

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