Napoleon I of France Quotes

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People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful.

Napoleon I of France
Never lose sight of this maxim, that you should establish your cantonments at the most distant and best protected point from the enemy, especially where a surprise is possible. By this means you will have time to unite all your forces before he can attack you.

Napoleon I of France
It is not set speeches at the moment of battle that render soldiers brave.

Napoleon I of France
I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.

Napoleon I of France
It is the business of cavalry to follow up the victory, and to prevent the beaten army from rallying.

Napoleon I of France
Every means should be taken to attach the soldier to his colours.

Napoleon I of France
A victorious general must know how to employ severity, justness, and mildness by turns, if he would allay sedition or prevent it.

Napoleon I of France
You know, my dear doctor, the art of healing is simply the art of lulling and calming the imagination.

Napoleon I of France
Conquest has made me what I am, only conquest can maintain me.

Napoleon I of France
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.

Napoleon I of France
In my opinion physicians kill as many people as we generals.

Napoleon I of France