976 Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte



  • Author Napoleon Bonaparte
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    Conscription is the vitality of a nation, the purification of its morality, and the real foundations of all its habits

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    The fate of a battle is the result of a moment, of a thought: the hostile forces advance with various combinations, they attack each other and fight for a certain time; the critical moment arrives, a mental flash decides, and the least reserve accomplishes the object.

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    A true master of politics is able to calculate, down to the smallest fraction, the advantages to which he may put his very faults.

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    All generals, officers, and soldiers who capitulate in battle to save their own lives should be decimated.

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