Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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

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

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life...

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life...

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing...

Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing...

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the...

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the...

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who...

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who...

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

A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has...

A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has...

There are two kinds of fidelity - that of dogs and that of cats; and...

There are two kinds of fidelity - that of dogs and that of cats; and...

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better...

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better...

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.

I hate and I love. Perhaps you ask why I do so. I do not...

I hate and I love. Perhaps you ask why I do so. I do not...

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life...

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life...

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

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

He was ever precise in promise-keeping.

He was ever precise in promise-keeping.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.