“When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.”
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Famous Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
“Occupation is the scythe of time.”
Source: Napoleon's life in camp and cabinet, from the French of M. de Bourienne, Segur, Las Cases, &c. &c. &c
“In politics, an absurdity in public business is going into it.”
“A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“Large legislative bodies resolve themselves into coteries, and coteries into jealousies.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.”
Source: A selection from the letters and despatches of the first Napoleon
“Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.”
“The bayonet has always been the weapon of the brave and the chief tool of victory”
“The Turks can be killed, but they can never be conquered.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“Nature intended women to be our slaves. They are our property.”
“After making a mistake or suffering a misfortune, the man of genius always gets back on his feet.”
Source: The Corsican: The Virtual Diary of Napoleon Bonaparte
“An urgent missive sent to Josephine Home in three days. Don't wash.”
“All the scholastic scaffolding falls, as a ruined edifice, before a single word: faith.”
“A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has a soul.”
“The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five minutes”
“Soldiers! Forty centuries behold you!”
Source: The Corsican: The Virtual Diary of Napoleon Bonaparte
“The most constant, the most powerful, and the most generous of all my enemies.”