“I don't know why, but the little bastard scares me.”
Laura Harrington http://www.laura-harrington.com/index4.html, in N http://www.pilgrimtheatre.org/performances/N/default.htm, portraying a comment by one of his generals when he showed up to command the army of Italy.
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“My maxim was, la carrière est ouverte aux talents, without distinction of birth or fortune.”
Statement while on St. Helena (3 March 1817)
“Imagination governs the world.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
As quoted in The Military Quotation Book (2002) by James Charlton, p. 93
Attributed
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Statement (1803) as quoted in The Mind of Napoleon (1955) by J. Christopher Herold
Depuis le premier jour jusqu'au dernier, il est le même, toujours le même, majestueux et simple , infiniment sévère et infiniment doux ; dans un commerce de vie pour ainsi dire public, Jésus ne donne jamais de prise à la moindre critique; sa conduite si prudente ravit l'admiration par un mélange de force et de douceur.
“A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people.”
Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848)
“There is nothing so imperious as feebleness which feels itself supported by force.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men.”
Memoirs of Napoleon (1829-1831)
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“My most splendid campaign was that of March 20; not a single shot was fired.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Tighe Hopkins in The Women Napoleon Loved
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“In order not to be astonished at obtaining victories, one ought not to think only of defeats.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)