Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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High politic is only common sense applied to great things.

High politic is only common sense applied to great things.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

The French complain of everything, and always.

The French complain of everything, and always.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Vengeance has no foresight

Vengeance has no foresight

Respect the burden.

Respect the burden.

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree...

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree...

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances...

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances...

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to...

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to...

Love is a matter of chemistry, but Sex is a matter of physics

Love is a matter of chemistry, but Sex is a matter of physics

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

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

The only victory over love is flight.

The only victory over love is flight.

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

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

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

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less...

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less...

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.