The admiral needs only one science, that of navigation. The general needs all the sciences. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
At the head of an army, nothing is more becoming than simplicity. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
You do not get peace by shouting: Peace. Peace is a meaningless word; what we need is a glorious peace. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The art of land warfare is an art of genius, of inspiration. On the sea nothing is genius or inspiration; everything is… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I treat policies like war. I hoodwink one flank so as to trounce the other. In my family we kneel only to… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The most terrible of all my battles was the one before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy of victory, but… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In war, moral factors acount for three quarters of the whole; relative material strength accounts for only one quarter. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Good infantry is without doubt the sinews of an army; but if it has to fight a long time against very superior… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I have fought sixty battles, and I have learnt nothing which I did not know at the beginning. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The fate of a battle is the result of a moment, of a thought: the hostile forces advance with various combinations, they… — 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
The keys of a fortress are always well worth the retirement of the garrison when it is resolved to yield only on… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Charges of cavalry are equally useful at the beginning, the middle and the end of a battle. They should be made always,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When Monarchs abuse the rights with which they have been invested by the confidence of the people, and bring down upon their… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Sometimes a single battle decides everything and sometimes, too, the slightest circumstance decides the issue of a battle. There is a moment… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In war there is but one favorable moment; the great art is to seize it! — 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
