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

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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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.

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.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

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...

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

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

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second...

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second...

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

If I had believed in a God of rewards and punishments, I might have lost...

If I had believed in a God of rewards and punishments, I might have lost...

Truth alone wounds.

Truth alone wounds.

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...

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

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

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

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

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing...

Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing...

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

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

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

I have only one counsel for you - be master.

I have only one counsel for you - be master.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

The army is the true nobility of our country.