Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Military Leader, Emperor

Confident

“Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me”

Voice Careers Equality

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Military Leader, Emperor

Courageous

“If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy of my country. You would be beaten in the end, and perhaps a revolution in India would follow.”

Men Country War

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Regretful

“One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.”

Should Abortion

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Courageous

“I fear three newspapers more than a hundred thousand bayonets.”

Military Business

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Philosophical

“Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible.”

People Opportunity Wise

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Courageous

“In order not to be astonished at obtaining victories, one ought not to think only of defeats.”

Thinking Order Victory

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Melancholic

“In my youth I, too, entertained some illusions; but I soon recovered from them.”

Youth Illusion

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Courageous

“A general must be a charlatan.”

Charlatans

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Grateful

“Washington is dead! This great man fought against Tyranny; he established the liberty of his country. His memory will always be dear to the French people, as it will be to all free men of the two worlds; and especially to French soldiers, who, like him and the American soldiers, have combated for liberty and equality.”

Men Country Memories

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Calm

“The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it for all the thrones in the world.”

Bed Luxury Thrones

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Courageous

“A starving army is actually worse than none.”

War Army

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Courageous

“The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory”

Moments Victory

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