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

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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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...

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

The human race is governed by its imagination.

The human race is governed by its imagination.

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

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

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love...

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love...

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

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

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to...

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to...

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...

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...

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many...

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many...

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.

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...

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it...

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it...

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

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

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