When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Friends must always be treated as if one day they might be enemies. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A general-in-chief should ask himself several times in the day, What if the enemy were to appear now in my front, or… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The bayonet has always been the weapon of the brave and the chief tool of victory — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
We should always go before our enemies with confidence, otherwise our apparent uneasiness inspires them with greater boldness. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“no one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous… — Napoléon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The most constant, the most powerful, and the most generous of all my enemies. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
France is invaded; I am leaving to take command of my troops, and, with God's help and their valor, I hope soon… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The basic principle that we must follow in directing the armies of the Republic is this: that they must feed themselves on… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
There are in Europe many good generals, but they see too many things at once. I see one thing, namely the enemy's… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
What my enemies call a general peace is my destruction. What I call peace is merely the disarmament of my enemies. Am… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Never lose sight of this maxim, that you should establish your cantonments at the most distant and best protected point from the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A commander in chief ought to say to himself several times a day: If the enemy should appear on my front, on… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
For today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me, accepted all my views, and yielded easily to my opinions, were… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Strangers are just friends waiting to happen. To become a good man, one must have faithful friends, or outright enemies. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In war you see your own troubles; those of the enemy you cannot see. You must show confidence. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Remember, gentlemen, what a Roman emperor said: The corpse of an enemy always smells sweet. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It is an approved maxim in war, never to do what the enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
There is no Nation however small which had the right to set itself free, that has not rescued itself from the dishonour… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
A great reputation is a great noise, the more there is of it, and the further does it swell. Land, monuments, Nations, all fall,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
My decision to destroy the authority of the blacks in Saint Domingue (Haiti) is not so much based on considerations of commerce and money,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
