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The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances.
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The truth is that one ought to serve his people worthily, and not strive solely to please them. The best way to gain a people is to do that which is best for them. Nothing is more dangerous than to flatter a people. If it does not get what it wants immediately, it is irritated and thinks that promises have not been kept; and if then it is resisted, it hates so much the more as it feels itself deceived.
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That a country may be truly free, the people should be all philosophers, and the rulers all gods.
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More glorious to merit a sceptre than to possess one.
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The laws of circumstance are abolished by new circumstances.
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It is not true that men never change; they change for the worse, as well as for the better. It is not true they are ungrateful; more often the benefactor rates his favors higher than their worth; and often too he does not allow for circumstances. If few men have the moral force to resist impulses, most men do carry within themselves the germs of virtues as well as of vices, of heroism as well as of cowardice. Such is human nature — education and circumstances do the rest.
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When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal with an adversary of superior talent, for if you are beaten, even in the midst of your magazines and your communications, woe to the vanquished!
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He who cannot look over a battlefield with a dry eye, causes the death of many men uselessly.
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To plan to reserve cavalry for the finish of the battle, is to have no conception of the power of combined infantry and cavalry charges, either for attack or for defense.
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Think of it, soldiers; from the summit of these pyramids, forty centuries look down upon you.
Before the Battle of the Pyramids
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I see that everybody has lost their head since the infamous capitulation of Bailén. I realise that I must go there myself to get the machine working again.
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Kiss the feet of Popes provided their hands are tied.
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Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.
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Ordinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze.
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From the top of those pyramids, forty centuries look down on you.
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Lagrange is the lofty pyramid of the mathematical sciences.
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The sciences, which have revealed so many secrets and destroyed so many prejudices, are destined to render us yet greater service. New truths, new discoveries will unveil secrets still more essential to the happiness of men — but only if we give our esteem to the scientists and our protection to the sciences.
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When you have resolved to fight a battle, collect your whole force. Dispense with nothing. A single battalion sometimes decides the day.
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All generals, officers, and soldiers who capitulate in battle to save their own lives should be decimated.
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You are a physician, doctor. You would promise life to a corpse if he could swallow pills.
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Conquest has made me what I am, only conquest can maintain me.
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Every means should be taken to attach the soldier to his colours.
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A victorious general must know how to employ severity, justness, and mildness by turns, if he would allay sedition or prevent it.
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You know, my dear doctor, the art of healing is simply the art of lulling and calming the imagination.
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It is the business of cavalry to follow up the victory, and to prevent the beaten army from rallying.
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Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
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Born:
August 15, 1769
Died:
May 5, 1821
(aged 51)
Bio:
Napoléon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars.
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