Napoleon I of France - Moment Quotes

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An army ought to be ready every moment to offer all the resistance of which it is capable.

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The moment of greatest peril is the moment of victory.

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Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but from some secret passion of the moment which lies hidden and concealed within the narrowest folds of his heart.

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There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.

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The issue of a battle is the result of an instant, of a thought. There is the advance, with its various combinations, the battle is joined, the struggle goes on a certain time, the decisive moment presents itself, a spark of genius discloses it, and the smallest body of reserves accomplish victory.

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Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined.

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

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