![]() ![]() Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult. France has more need of me than I have need of France.Ĥ1. A Constitution should be short and obscure.Ĥ0. The best way to keep one’s word is not to give itģ9. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.ģ8. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down. In politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake.ģ7. ![]() Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.ģ6. Nothing is more difficult and therefore more precious than to be able to decide.ģ5. There are only two forces that unite men – fear and interest.ģ4. Ability is nothing without opportunity.ģ3. The people to fear are not those who disagree with you but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.ģ2. I can no longer obey I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.ģ1. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.ģ0. In politics stupidity is not a handicap.Ģ8. History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.Ģ7. The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severelyĢ6. The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one’s designs to one’s means.Ģ5. ‘It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.’ – Napoleon is buried at the Hôtel des Invalides, not far from the Seine River.Ģ3. The army is the true nobility of our country. A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.Ģ1. You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss and failure into success.Ģ0. I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.ġ9. Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.ġ8. The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.ġ7. Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment.ġ6. If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.ġ5. All depends on the principles which direct them.ġ4. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.ġ3. Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.ġ2. Men take only their needs into consideration – never their abilities.ġ1. Friends must always be treated as if one day they might be enemies.ġ0. The French complain of everything, and always.ĩ. Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.Ĩ. Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.ħ. The basic concept: sometimes the best way to ‘go fast’ is to do things slow (but very well).Ħ. ‘ – This is one of our favorite quotes about Napoleon. Until you spread your wings, you’ll have no idea how far you can fly. I have only one counsel for you – be master.Ĥ. With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.ģ. Once you have made up your mind, stick to it there no longer any ‘if’ or ‘but.’Ģ.
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