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It is only with prudence, sagacity, and much dexterity that great aims are accomplished, and all obstacles surmounted. Otherwise nothing is accomplished.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search himself to know whether or not he is fitted for the trade.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
What is a throne? — a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet... I am the throne.
To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, would be to be a god.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Aristocracy is the spirit of the Old Testament, democracy of the New.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Who saves his country violates no law.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
In love the only safety is in flight.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Gentleness, good treatment, honor the victor and dishonor the vanquished, who should remain aloof and owe nothing to pity — In war, audacity is the finest calculation of genius.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
To listen to the interests of all, marks an ordinary government; to foresee them, marks a great government.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Policy and morals concur in repressing pillage.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
It must be recognized that the real truths of history are hard to discover. Happily, for the most part, they are rather matters of curiosity than of real importance.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
The Allied Powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon is the sole obstacle to the re-establishment of peace in Europe, he, faithful to his oath, declares that he is ready to descend from the throne, to quit France, and even to relinquish life, for the good of his country.
The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Conscripts, for shame! It was on you that I was basing my hopes. I expected much from your young courage, and you are running away!
All men of genius, and all those who have gained rank in the republic of letters, are brothers, whatever may be the land of their nativity.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)