When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

Topics: Firmness Quotes

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

War is the business of barbarians

War is the business of barbarians

The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it...

The bed has become a place of luxury to me! I would not exchange it...

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...

To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

The only conquests which are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.

The only conquests which are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.

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.

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

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

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

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...

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

An urgent missive sent to Josephine Home in three days. Don't wash.

An urgent missive sent to Josephine Home in three days. Don't wash.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies...

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies...

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.

A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.

Providence is always on the side of the last reserve

Providence is always on the side of the last reserve

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.

After you've done a thing the same way for two years, look it over carefully....

After you've done a thing the same way for two years, look it over carefully....

Any path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to...

Any path is only a path, and there is no affront, to oneself or to...