More from Napoleon Bonaparte

  1. Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
  2. One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
  3. Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
  4. One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
  5. Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediate…
  6. Passionate people invariably deny their anger, and cowards often boast their ignorance of fear.
  7. My motto has always been: A career open to all talents, without distinctions of birth.
  8. People accustomed to great victories, know not how to support a day of reverse.

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