“Victory and disaster establish indestructible bonds between armies and their commanders.”
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Famous Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
“At the head of an army, nothing is more becoming than simplicity.”
Source: Napoleon's life in camp and cabinet, from the French of M. de Bourienne, Segur, Las Cases, &c. &c. &c
“Unite for the public safety, if you would remain an independent nation.”
“Wherever wood can swim, there I am sure to find this flag of England.”
“Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined.”
“Ordinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze.”
Source: A Selection from the Letters and Despatches of the First Napoleon: With Explanatory Notes
“It's not the size of the army but the power within the army.”
Source: Napoleon's Military Maxims
“An army which cannot be regularly recruited is a doomed army.”
“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
“Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack.”
“An army which cannot be reenforced is already defeated.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.”
“From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.”