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Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.

Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Military, War, Army

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Power, Political

An army which cannot be regularly recruited is a doomed army.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Army, Doomed

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

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

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Three, Moral

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

When Monarchs abuse the rights with which they have been invested by the confidence of the people, and bring down upon their heads the calamity of war, the people have the right to withdraw their allegiance.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Rights, People

The mind of a general ought to resemble and be as clear as the field-glass of a telescope.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Glasses, Mind

When defending itself against another country, a nation never lacks men, but too often, soldiers.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Country, War, Men

You do not get peace by shouting: Peace. Peace is a meaningless word; what we need is a glorious peace.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Needs, Shouting

It is easier to brave and threaten, than to conquer an enemy.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Brave, Enemy

One bad general is worth two good ones.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Military, War, Two

Give me enough medals and I’ll win you any war

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Winning, Giving

War is cruel to the people, and terrible to the conquered.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, People, Terrible

In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Military, War, Three

It is cowardly to commit suicide. The English often kill themselves. It is a malady caused by the humid climate.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Suicide, War, Climate

In war it is not men, but the man who counts.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Men, He Man

Every means should be taken to attach the soldier to his colours.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Taken, Mean
Napoleon Bonaparte (2012). “Napoleon's Military Maxims”, p.63, Courier Corporation

It is exceptional and difficult to find in one man all the qualities necessary for a great general.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Men, Quality

I have destroyed the enemy merely by marches.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Enemy, March

The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Military, War, Victory

Better to have a known enemy than a forced ally.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Enemy, Allies

Man, not men, is the most important consideration.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Men, Important

Victory and disaster establish indestructible bonds between armies and their commanders.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Army, Victory

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