““The soldiers were not paid on time, and often looted and stole – sometimes from enemies, and sometimes friends – to survive. While it sounds so basic and trivial, Napoleon found a way to get his soldiers in shoes, get their wages paid, secured enough ammunition and food, improved sanitation, dismissed unruly and incompetent officers, and otherwise just got on with the business of soldiering. There was no particular magic to it, though the effects would be dramatic. Likewise, while known for some of his brilliant maneuvers, Napoleon often just out-worked his adversaries. He planned more. He did more reconnaissance. He engaged in more diplomacy. He trained more. He marched more.””
![“To the very last, he [Napoleon] had a kind of idea; that, namely, of la carrière ouverte aux talents, - the tools to him that can handle them.” quote by John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7a3/john-keats-620_handle_to-the-very-last-he-napoleon-had-a-kind_973874.jpg)
![“The popular image [in England] of Bonaparte as a blood-stained tyrant and bandit was admittedly exaggerated, but instinct told even the most radical among the English that if liberty, equality, and justice were ever to come to their shores, it certainly was not Napoleon who would bring them there.” quote by J. Christopher Herold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dfc/j-christopher-herold-30177_freedom_the-popular-image-in-england-of-bonapart_1033829.jpg)
