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Women receive too much consideration in France. They should not be regarded as the equals of men; they are, in fact, mere machines to make children.
I will bring the nobles of this Court down so low that they shall be obliged to beg their bread.
The true conquests, the only ones that cause no regret, are those made over ignorance.
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
My most splendid campaign was that of March 20; not a single shot was fired.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
I fear three newspapers more than a hundred thousand bayonets.
Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men.
Memoirs of Napoleon (1829)
Turks can be killed, but they can never be conquered.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
The most dangerous moment comes with victory.
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 : In His Own Words (1916)
My waking thoughts are all of thee.
A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than an hundred thousand bayonets.
In civil war it is not given to every man to know how to conduct himself. There is something more than military prudence necessary; there is need of sagacity and the knowledge of men.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.
A man who has no consideration for the needs of his men ought never to be given command.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
What is the government? nothing, unless supported by opinion.
Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848)
Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
The word impossible is not in my dictionary.