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A prince should suspect everything.
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In politics, an absurdity is not an impediment.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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03ce215
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Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors.
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Obedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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593828e
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The laws of circumstance are abolished by new circumstances.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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ced4f24
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It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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Parties weaken themselves by their fear of capable men.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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939906c
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We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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49cdc4e
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A book in which there were no lies would be a curiosity.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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Laws which are consistent in theory often prove chaotic in practice.
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In practical administration, experience is everything.
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cc09f51
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Aristocracy is the spirit of the Old Testament, democracy of the New.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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a8abe95
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Jesus Christ was the greatest republican.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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0d05f28
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Fanaticism must be put to sleep before it can be eradicated.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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add80be
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The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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27e5c80
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A general must be a charlatan.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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14b8224
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Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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ea78938
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An army which cannot be reenforced is already defeated.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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90b79c9
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The moment of greatest peril is the moment of victory.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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7149a3f
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Changing from the defensive to the offensive, is one of the most delicate operations in war.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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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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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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349e209
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Never march by flank in front of an army in position. This principle is absolute.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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9660059
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There is a joy in danger.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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0478e7e
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There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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51292b4
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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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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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b4e5441
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Policy and morals concur in repressing pillage.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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e74b576
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War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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df68877
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Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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60adee6
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In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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90ecd2b
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In war, character and opinion make more than half of the reality.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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ae3c812
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In war, groping tactics, half-way measures, lose everything.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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d1c925e
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A man who has no consideration for the needs of his men ought never to be given command.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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09d7317
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In war, luck is half in everything.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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ba48696
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My most splendid campaign was that of March 20; not a single shot was fired.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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c6d46a1
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In France, only the impossible is admired.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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ab8f7b0
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France will always be a great nation.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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f27486c
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Turks can be killed, but they can never be conquered.
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Napoleon Bonaparte |
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57f4287
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'I shall bring the nobles of this court so low they shall be obliged to beg their bred.'
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