Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

All religions have been made by men.
Napoleon Bonaparte

An army marches on its stomach.
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Army, Stomach, Marches

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
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Revolution, Idea, Found

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
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Best, Mind, Body

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
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Win, Soldiers, Credit

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
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Poor, Honest, Remain

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
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Oppression, Among, Dislike

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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History, Past, Events

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.
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Politics, Love, Power

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
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Change, Wishes, Ten

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
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A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.
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Children, Done, Revolution

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
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Long, Two, Spirit

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
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Sure, Defeat, Fears

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
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Power, Hard, Away

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.
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Impossible, Word, Dictionary

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
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Night, Off, Clothes

A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
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Lose, View, Dignity

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.
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Politics, Mistake, Admit

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.
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Music, Human, Knows

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Nothing, Difficult, Able

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.
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Great, Men, End

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
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Bench, Covered, Throne

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Wisdom, Truest, Resolute

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Leader

Born: August 15, 1769

Died: May 5, 1821

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