Bonaparte Napóleon idézet

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„Ha mindent megtettél, amire képességeidből telik, ember vagy. Ha mindent megtettél, amit akartál, akkor isten.”

„Aki attól fél, hogy legyőzik, annak biztos a vereség.”

„A védekezésből a támadásba való átállás a háború egyik legkényesebb művelete.”

„Az embereket csak két erő köti össze: a félelem és az érdek.”

„Ne szakítsd félbe az ellenséged, mikor éppen hibát követ el.”

„A legnagyobb erkölcstelenség az, amikor valaki olyan dologba fog, amihez nem ért.”

„A nagy emberek meteorok: felemésztik önmagukat, hogy fénnyel árasszák el a világot.”

„Ha békét tudnék kötni, arra jóval büszkébb lennék, mint a katonai sikerek révén szerzett kétes hírnévre…”

„Már nincs messze az idő, amikor tudatára fogunk jutni annak, hogy Angliában csak úgy szállhatunk partra, ha előbb meghódítjuk Egyiptomot.”

„Röviden és homályosan fogalmazzatok!”

„A politikában ismeretlen fogalom a szív, csak a fej számít.”

„Amelyik hadvezér ütközet előtt túl sokat törődik a tartalékokkal, azt biztosan legyőzik.”

„A szerelem a közembernek elfoglaltság, a harcosnak szórakozás, az uralkodónak üdülés.”

„Csak a korgó gyomrok forradalma veszedelmes.”

„A bátorságot nem lehet hamisítani, olyan erény, amely nem ismer képmutatást.”

“To listen to the interests of all, marks an ordinary government; to foresee them, marks a great government.”

“Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked … Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.”

“In France, only the impossible is admired.”

“If I had succeeded, I would have been the greatest man known to history.”

“I do not see in religion the mystery of the incarnation so much as the mystery of the social order. It introduces into the thought of heaven an idea of equalization, which saves the rich from being massacred by the poor.”

“Bonaparte has advanced with great strides, but he will never enter Paris.”

“Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others.”

“There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.”

“The true conquests, the only ones that cause no regret, are those made over ignorance.”

“It is not true that men never change; they change for the worse, as well as for the better. It is not true they are ungrateful; more often the benefactor rates his favors higher than their worth; and often too he does not allow for circumstances. If few men have the moral force to resist impulses, most men do carry within themselves the germs of virtues as well as of vices, of heroism as well as of cowardice. Such is human nature — education and circumstances do the rest.”

“The monster slept at Grenoble.”

“When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.”

“One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.”

“You call these baubles, well, it is with baubles that men are led… Do you think that you would be able to make men fight by reasoning? Never. That is only good for the scholar in his study. The soldier needs glory, distinctions, and rewards.”

“Laws which are consistent in theory often prove chaotic in practice.”

“The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.”

“I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.”

“To plan to reserve cavalry for the finish of the battle, is to have no conception of the power of combined infantry and cavalry charges, either for attack or for defense.”

“That dependable courage, which in spite of the most sudden circumstances, nevertheless allows freedom of mind, of judgment and of decision, is exceedingly rare.”

“I do not believe it is in our nature to love impartially. We deceive ourselves when we think we can love two beings, even our own children, equally. There is always a dominant affection.”

“Parties weaken themselves by their fear of capable men.”

“I saw myself founding a religion, marching into Asia riding an elephant, a turban on my head and in my hand the new Koran that I would have composed to suit my needs.”

“I am a monarch of God's creation, and you reptiles of the earth dare not oppose me. I render an account of my government to none save God and Jesus Christ.”

“Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.”

“Turks can be killed, but they can never be conquered.”

“His Imperial and Royal Majesty entered his palace at the Tuileries last night in the midst of his faithful subjects.”

“It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned.”

“Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.”

“In practical administration, experience is everything.”