Ability is nothing without opportunity.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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The army is the true nobility of our country.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

Genuine victories, the sole conquests yielding no remorse, are those gained over ignorance

Genuine victories, the sole conquests yielding no remorse, are those gained over ignorance

God! How men of letters are stupid.

God! How men of letters are stupid.

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

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.

Imagination rules the world.

Imagination rules the world.

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...

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who...

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who...

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...

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

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

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.

Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

Religion is what keeps the poor man from murdering the rich

Religion is what keeps the poor man from murdering the rich

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five...

The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five...

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be man's guide in the...

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be man's guide in the...

Reasoning against a prejudice is like fighting against a shadow; it exhausts the reasoner, without...

Reasoning against a prejudice is like fighting against a shadow; it exhausts the reasoner, without...