When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

I made all my generals out of mud.

I made all my generals out of mud.

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...

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all...

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all...

The art of government is not to let me grow stale.

The art of government is not to let me grow stale.

Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration

Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration

There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most...

There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most...

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

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...

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

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

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

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it...

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it...

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...

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

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...

Public morals are natural complements of all laws: they are by themselves an entire code.

Public morals are natural complements of all laws: they are by themselves an entire code.

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...

I hate it when my foot falls asleep during the day 'cause that means it's...

I hate it when my foot falls asleep during the day 'cause that means it's...

Let them hate, so long as they fear.

Let them hate, so long as they fear.