Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

864 quotes · Military Leader, Emperor

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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Military Leader, Emperor

Spiritual

“Has a man the right to kill himself? Yes, if his death harms no one and if life is an evil to him. When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.”

Men Pain Evil

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Military Leader, Emperor

Confident

“We should always go before our enemies with confidence, otherwise our apparent uneasiness inspires them with greater boldness.”

War Enemy Inspire

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Funny

“Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.”

Character Truth

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Courageous

“There are two levers for moving men - interest and fear.”

Motivation Fear

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Philosophical

“They wanted me to be a Washington.”

Political Politics Term Limits

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Courageous

“The bayonet has always been the weapon of the brave and the chief tool of victory”

Military Victory

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Courageous

“When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.”

Mean Enemy

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Wise

“The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes.”

Character Humility Ornaments

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Courageous

“A general-in-chief should ask himself several times in the day, What if the enemy were to appear now in my front, or on my right, or my left?”

War Enemy What If

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Confident

“Ability is nothing without opportunity.”

Writing War

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Courageous

“I engage and after that I see what to do.”

War

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Courageous

“Ordinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze.”

Men Taken Army

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