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Sometimes Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte
- I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.
- The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
- The art of being sometimes audacious and sometimes very prudent is the secret of success.
- Sometimes a single battle decides everything and sometimes, too, the slightest circumstance decides the issue of a battle. There is a moment in every battle…
- The fate of a Nation may sometimes depend upon the position of a fortress.
- When you have resolved to fight a battle, collect your whole force. Dispense with nothing. A single battalion sometimes decides the day.
- Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit,…
- A king is sometimes obliged to commit crimes; but they are the crimes of his position.
- Sometimes a great example is necessary to all the public functionaries of the state.
- All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the…
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