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The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother

The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother

Napoleon Bonaparte
Mother, Children, Destiny

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Children, Women, Army
"The St. Helena Journal of General Baron Gourgaud, 1815-1818 : Being a Diary written at St. Helena during a part of Napoleon's Captivity", translated by Norman Edwards, 1932.

There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all the calamities that the circumstances make possible. I am in a thoroughly painful state of agitation. This does not keep me from looking quite serene in front of my entourage; I am like an unmarried girl laboring with child. Once I have made up my mind, everything is forgotten except what leads to success.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Girl, Children, War

Men, in general, are but great children.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Children, Men, Excellence

I do not believe it is in our nature to love impartially. We deceive ourselves when we think we can love two beings, even our own children, equally. There is always a dominant affection.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Children, Believe, Thinking
"Napoleon : In His Own Words" edited by Jules Bertaut, translated by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes, (Ch. III), 1916.

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

Across a chasm of eighteen hundred years, Jesus Christ makes a demand which is beyond all others difficult to satisfy; He asks for that which a philosopher may often seek in vain at the hands of his friends, or a father of his children, or a bride of her spouse, or a man of his brother. He asks for the human heart; He will have it entirely to Himself. He demands it unconditionally; and forthwith His demand is granted. Wonderful!

Napoleon Bonaparte
Jesus, Brother, Children
Attributed in "The Divinity of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" by Henry Parry Liddon, (pp. 147-148), 1868.

How many really capable men are children more than once during the day!

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

To a father who loves his children victor has no charms. When the heart speaks, glory itself is an illusion.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Children, Father, Heart

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Children, Giving, Victory

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