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“The military principles of Caesar were those of Hannibal, and those of Hannibal were those of Alexander — to hold his forces in hand, not to be vulnerable at any point, to throw all his forces with rapidity on any given point.”

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

“The people must not be counted upon; they cry indifferently : "Long live the King!" and "Long live the Conspirators!" a proper direction must be given to them, and proper instruments employed to effect it.”

Napoleon I of France

Source: Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848), p. 246

“The hand that gives is above the hand that takes. (La main qui donne est au-dessus de celle qui reçoit.)”

Napoleon I of France

Italian saying, quoted by Bonaparte during the first Italian campaign to highlight the financial dependence of the Directoire on the plunder from the Army of Italy, according to Lucian S. Regenbogen, Napoléon a dit : aphorismes, citations et opinions, p. 82.
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“It must be recognized that the real truths of history are hard to discover. Happily, for the most part, they are rather matters of curiosity than of real importance.”

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

“Wherever wood can swim, there I am sure to find this flag of England.”

Napoleon I of France

Statement at Rochefort (July 1815)

“Necessity dominates inclination, will, and right.”

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

“Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined.”

Napoleon I of France

To Dr. Arnott (April 1821)

“A general must be a charlatan.”

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

“The general of the sea has need of only one science, that of navigation. The one on land has need of all, or of a talent which is the equivalent of all, that will enable him to profit by all experience, and all knowledge. A general of the sea has nothing to divine. He knows where his enemy is, he knows his strength. A general on land never knows anything with certainty, never sees his enemy well, and never knows positively where he is.”

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

“The bullet that will kill me is not yet cast.”

Napoleon I of France

Statement at Montereau (17 February 1814)

“The life of a citizen is the property of his country.”

Napoleon I of France

Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848)

“Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.”

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

“We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.”

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

“From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.”

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

“The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense — he is always satisfied with himself.”

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

“The religious zeal which animates priests, leads them to undertake labors and to brave perils which would be far beyond the powers of one in secular employment.”

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

“Never march by flank in front of an army in position. This principle is absolute.”

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

“Policy and morals concur in repressing pillage.”

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

“Some revolutions are inevitable. There are moral eruptions, just as the outbreak of volcanoes are physical eruptions. When the chemical combinations which produce them are complete, the volcanic eruptions burst forth, just as revolutions do when the moral factors are in the right state. In order to foresee them the trend of ideas must be understandingly observed.”

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

“The tyrant has crossed Lyons.”

Napoleon I of France

Le Moniteur Universel, March 13, 1815.
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