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.”

“The hand that gives is above the hand that takes.”

“The issue of a battle is the result of an instant, of a thought. There is the advance, with its various combinations, the battle is joined, the struggle goes on a certain time, the decisive moment presents itself, a spark of genius discloses it, and the smallest body of reserves accomplish victory.”

“There is a joy in danger.”

“In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. The line of battle once established, the one who has the ability to concentrate an unlooked for mass of artillery suddenly and unexpectedly on one of these points is sure to carry the day.”

“In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them.”

“It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very hard to know, and yet, not to be deceived, we must judge them by their present actions, but for the present only.”

“What are we? What is the future? What is the past? What magic fluid envelops us and hides from us the things it is most important for us to know? We are born, we live, and we die in the midst of the marvelous.”

“It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.”

“One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered.”

“There are only two forces that unite men — fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment.”

“If you make everything difficult, the really hard things seem less so.”

“Two of my Marshalls are racing to get under their orders the Italian troops; i leave it to Suchet who has better ambitions than Macdonald. The Italians will soon be recognized again as the first soldiers of Europe. I'm very proud of my brave Italian army.”

“Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.”

“What I have done up to this is nothing. I am only at the beginning of the course I must run. Do you imagine that I triumph in Italy in order to aggrandise the pack of lawyers who form the Directory, and men like Carnot and Barras? What an idea!”

“Commerce unites men and make them; therefore it is fatal to despotic power.”

“The Princes of this house of abandoned their capital. Not like soldiers of Honor who cede to the circumstances and set backs of the war, but like the perjured, who are persued by their own remorse.”

“Where do you think you are going? Can’t you see that the battle is won? Come on, stand firm!”

“From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.”