Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like… — 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
The Bible is not merely a book-it is a living power. . . . Nowhere as in the Bible can be found… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Send me 300 francs; that sum will enable me to go to Paris. There, at least, one can cut a figure and… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Mankind are in the end always governed by superiority of intellectual faculties, and none are more sensible of this than the military… — 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
If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
What are the conditions that make for the superiority of an army? Its internal organization, military habits in officers and men, the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It is the business of cavalry to follow up the victory, and to prevent the beaten army from rallying. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Cossacks are the best light troops among all that exist. If I had them in my army, I would go through all… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
An army must have but one line of operations. This must be maintained with care and abandoned only for major reasons. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
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 Image
Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
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 Image
