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A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.
Statement (1803)
It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Conscience is the most sacred thing among men.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Our credulity is a part of the imperfection of our natures. It is inherent in us to desire to generalize, when we ought, on the contrary, to guard ourselves very carefully from this tendency.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Policemen and prisons ought never to be the means used to bring men back to the practice of religion.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
I have fought sixty battles and I have learned nothing which I did not know at the beginning.
He who cannot look over a battlefield with a dry eye, causes the death of many men uselessly.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense — he is always satisfied with himself.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
All authority is in the throne; and what is the throne? This wooden frame covered with velvet? No, I am the throne.
A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.
George Gordon Andrews in Napoleon in Review (1939)
Dante has not deigned to take his inspiration from any other. He has wished to be himself, himself alone; in a word, to create.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Charity and alms are recommended in every chapter of the Koran as being the most acceptable services, both to God and the Prophet.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.
Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848)
Parties weaken themselves by their fear of capable men.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Success is the most convincing talker in the world.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
The superior man is never in anyone's way.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
That dependable courage, which in spite of the most sudden circumstances, nevertheless allows freedom of mind, of judgment and of decision, is exceedingly rare.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Power is founded upon opinion.
Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848)