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The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces nothing worthwhile (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
Conscription is the vitality of a nation, the purification of its morality, and the real foundations of all its habits (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
Reconnaissance memoranda should always be written in the simplest style and be purely descriptive. They should never stray from their objective by introducing extraneous ideas (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
War is not at all such a difficult art as people think.... In reality it would seem that he is vanquished who is afraid of his adversary and the the whole secret lies in that (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
After making a mistake or suffering a misfortune, the man of genius always gets back on his feet (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other. They are worse than ever when, at the termination of their punishment, they return to society (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me, accepted all my views, and yielded easily to my opinions, were those who did me the most injury, and were my worst enemies, because, by surrendering to me so easily, they encouraged me to go too far... I was then too powerful for any man, except myself, to injure me (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
To have a right estimate of a man’s character, we must see him in misfortune (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those chosen to attain their full worth (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
There are two kinds of fidelity, that of dogs and that of cats; you, gentleman, have the fidelity of cats who never leave the house (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
My mind is a chest of drawers. When I wish to deal with a subject, I shut all the drawers but the one in which the subject is to be found. When I am wearied, I shut all the drawers and go to sleep (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
If I were to give liberty to the press, my power could not last three days (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
Even when I am gone, I shall remain in people’s minds the star of their rights, my name will be the war cry of their efforts, the motto of their hopes (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
A man is known by his conduct to his wife, to his family, and to those under him (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
Cossacks are the best light troops among all that exist. If I had them in my army, I would go through all the world with them (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
If you want to get on in this world make many promises, but don’t keep them (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
As to moral courage, I have very rarely met with the two o’clock in the morning kind. I mean unprepared courage, that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion, and which, in spite of the most unforeseen events, leaves full freedom of judgement and decision (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
It follows that any commander in chief who undertakes to carry out a plan which he considers defective is at fault; he must put forth his reasons, insist on the plan being changed, and finally tender his resignation rather than be the instrument of h (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
It is an approved maxim in war, never to do what the enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that he desires it (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
Everything is more or less organized matter. To think so is against religion, but I think so just the same (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
There is only one thing in this world, and that is to keep acquiring money and more money, power and more power. All the rest is meaningless (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
It strengthens the bonds between nations to have the same civil laws and the same monetary system (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
In a conquered country benevolence is not humanitarianism. It is a general political axiom that a conqueror must not inspire a good opinion of his benevolence until he has demonstrated that he can be severe with malefactors (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
Agriculture is the soul and chief support of empires; industry produces riches and the happiness of the people; exportation represents the superabundance, and good use of both (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
Timid and cowardly soldiers cause the loss of a nation’s independence; but pusillanimous magistrates destroy the empire of the laws, the rights of the throne, and even social order itself (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
In these days the invention of printing, and the diffusion of knowledge, render historical calumnies a little less dangerous: truth will always prevail in the long run, but how slow its progress! (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)
I believe love to be hurtful to society, and to the individual happiness of men. I believe, in short, that love does more harm than good (Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes)