“If you want to get on in this world make many promises, but don't keep them.”
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Famous Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
“Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack.”
“Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents.”
“Collective crimes incriminate no one.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“Civilization does everything for the mind and favors it entirely at the expense of the body.”
“Diplomacy is the police in grand costume.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“A man becomes the creature of his uniform.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“We may stop ourselves when going up, never when coming down.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“The merit of Mahomet is that he founded a religion without an inferno.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“How many really capable men are children more than once during the day!”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“The inevitable end of multiple chiefs is that they fade and disappear for lack of unity.”
“We often get in quicker by the back door than by the front.”
“Knowledge and history are the enemies of religion.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“If obedience is the result of the instinct of the masses, revolt is the result of their thought.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“Rigorous authority and justice are the kindness of kings.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“Every man who is worth thirty millions and is not wedded to them, is dangerous to the government.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“Once you have made up your mind, stick to it; there is no longer any 'if' or 'but'.”
“True heroism consists in rising superior to misfortune.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“What a beautiful fix we are in now; peace has been declared.”
“Great men are meteors, consuming themselves to light the world”
“Not one cent should be raised unless it is in accord with the law.”