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It Is The Cause, Not The Death, That Makes The Martyr.

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It Is The Cause, Not The Death, That Makes The Martyr.

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Ten People Who Speak Make More Noise Than Ten Thousand Who Are Silent.

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A Man Is Not Dependent Upon His Fellow Creature, When He Does Not Fear Death.

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Those Who Failed To Oppose Me, Who Readily Agreed With Me, Accepted All My Views, And Yielded Easily To My Opinions, Were Those Who Did Me The Most Injury, And Were My Worst Enemies, Because, By Surrendering To Me So Easily, They Encouraged Me To Go Too Far... I Was Then Too Powerful For Any Man, Except Myself, To Injure Me.

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The Poor Man Commands Respect; The Beggar Must Always Excite Anger.

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What My Enemies Call A General Peace Is My Destruction. What I Call Peace Is Merely The Disarmament Of My Enemies. Am I Not More Moderate Than They?

There Is No Real Force Without Justice.

War Is A Lottery In Which Nations Ought To Risk Nothing But Small Amounts.

A Man's Palate Can, In Time, Become Accustomed To Anything.

The Leader's Role Is To Define Reality, Then Give Hope

Never Depend On The Multitude, Full Of Instability And Whims; Always Take Precautions Against It.

I Can No Longer Obey; I Have Tasted Command, And I Cannot Give It Up.

One Might As Well Try To Charge Through A Wall.

Impatience Is A Great Obstacle To Success; He Who Treats Everything With Brusqueness Gathers Nothing, Or Only Immature Fruit Which Will Never Ripen.

Space We Can Recover; Time Never.

Procrastination

The Admiral Needs Only One Science, That Of Navigation. The General Needs All The Sciences.

You May Ask Me For Anything You Like Except Time.

It Is A Mistake, Too, To Say That The Face Is The Mirror Of The Soul. The Truth Is, Men Are Very Hard To Know, And Yet, Not To Be Deceived, We Must Judge Them By Their Present Actions, But For The Present Only.

You Would Make A Ship Sail Against The Winds And Currents By Lighting A Bonfire Under Her Decks? I Have No Time For Such Nonsense.

Good And Decent People Must Be Protected And Persuaded By Gentle Means, But The Rabble Must Be Led By Terror.

For My Part, It Is Not The Mystery Of The Incarnation Which I Discover In Religion, But The Mystery Of Social Order, Which Associates With Heaven That Idea Of Equality Which Prevents The Rich From Destroying The Poor

He That Makes War Without Many Mistakes Has Not Made War Very Long.

No One But Myself Can Be Blamed For My Fall. I Have Been My Own Greatest Enemy-the Cause Of My Own Disastrous Fate.

Peoples Of Egypt , You Will Be Told That I Have Come To Destroy Your Religion. Do Not Believe It! Reply That I Have Come To Restore Your Rights!

The Amateurs Discuss Tactics: The Professionals Discuss Logistics

Terrorism, War & Bankruptcy Are Caused By The Privatization Of Money, Issued As A Debt And Compounded By Interest.

The Tools Belong To The Man Who Can Use Them.

The Advance And Perfecting Of Mathematics Are Closely Joined To The Prosperity Of The Nation.

Generals Who Save Troops For The Next Day Are Always Beaten.

Of All The Peoples Of Europe, Spaniards Disgust Me The Least.

I Drink Champagne When I Win, To Celebrate...and I Drink Champagne When I Lose, To Console Myself.

History Is The Invention Of Historians.

The Policies Of All Powers Are Inherent In Their Geography.

Ability Is Nothing Without Opportunity.

Everything Is More Or Less Organized Matter. To Think So Is Against Religion, But I Think So Just The Same.

I Engage And After That I See What To Do.

In Politics Stupidity Is Not A Handicap.

A Great People May Be Killed, But They Cannot Be Intimidated.

When I Was Happy I Thought I Knew Men, But It Was Fated That I Should Know Them In Misfortune Only.

In War, Moral Factors Acount For Three Quarters Of The Whole; Relative Material Strength Accounts For Only One Quarter.

On Victory, You Deserve Beer. On Defeat, You Need It.

What I Have Done Up To This Is Nothing. I Am Only At The Beginning Of The Course I Must Run. Do You Imagine That I Triumph In Italy In Order To Aggrandise The Pack Of Lawyers Who Form The Directory, And Men Like Carnot And Barras? What An Idea!

You Do Not Get Peace By Shouting: Peace. Peace Is A Meaningless Word; What We Need Is A Glorious Peace.

Mankind's Worst Enemy Is Fear Of Work

I Have Noticed In Every Campaign That I Have Fought-that There Is A Key Segment Of Time, Somewhere Between 13 And 15 Minutes In Which The Battle Is Won Or Lost. I Focus On That Segment Of Time, And I Win.

The Greatest Danger Occurs At The Moment Of Victory

Strangers Are Just Friends Waiting To Happen. To Become A Good Man, One Must Have Faithful Friends, Or Outright Enemies.

I Do Not Amuse Myself By Thinking Of Dead People.

We Are Made Weak Both By Idleness And Distrust Of Ourselves. Unfortunate, Indeed, Is He Who Suffers From Both. If He Is A Mere Individual He Becomes Nothing; If He Is A King He Is Lost.

You Don't Govern Men Who Don't Have Religion, You Shoot Them.

An Order That Can Be Misunderstood, Will Be Misunderstood.

Every Means Should Be Taken To Attach The Soldier To His Colours.

Let Her Sleep, For When She Wakes, She Will Shake The World.

Whatever You Ardently And Passionately Desire, That You Obtain.

If I Always Appear Prepared, It Is Because Before Entering An Undertaking, I Have Meditated Long And Have Foreseen What Might Occur. It Is Not Genius Which Reveals To Me Suddenly And Secretly What I Should Do In Circumstances Unexpected By Others; It Is Thought And Preparation

The People To Fear Are Not Those Who Disagree With You, But Those Who Disagree With You And Are Too Cowardly To Let You Know.

Flatterers And Men Of Learning Do Not Accord Well With Each Other.

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