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Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

French general & politician (1769 - 1821)

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

[Medicine is] a collection of uncertain prescriptions the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.

CP History is a set of lies agreed upon.

What a beautiful fix we are in now; peace has been declared.

CP Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Chief of the Army.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

In politics, absurdity is not a handicap.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

CP History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Men will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day.

"I may lose land...but I never lose a minute."

To exraordinary circumstance we must apply extraordinary remedies.

Death is nothing; but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.