A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

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...

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one...

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one...

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Imagination rules the world.

Imagination rules the world.

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting.

Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting.

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and...

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and...

An army marches on its stomach.

An army marches on its stomach.

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...

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

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...

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we...

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we...

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.

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

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

Men of genius are meteors intended to burn to light their century.

Men of genius are meteors intended to burn to light their century.

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...

And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three; but the greatest of these is...

And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three; but the greatest of these is...

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Religion often gets credit for curing rascals when old age is the real medicine

Religion often gets credit for curing rascals when old age is the real medicine