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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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

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

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

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.

I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.

Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration

Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration

There are two levers for moving men: interest and fear.

There are two levers for moving men: interest and fear.

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...

Imagination governs the world.

Imagination governs the world.

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

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

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and...

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and...

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

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

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...

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...

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level...

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level...

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

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

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