Quote #135
One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
More from Napoleon Bonaparte
- One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
- Passionate people invariably deny their anger, and cowards often boast their ignorance of fear.
- Now we are in a fix. Peace has been declared.
- People accustomed to great victories, know not how to support a day of reverse.
- Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
- Popes have committed too many absurdities to create a belief in their infallibility.
- Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
- Power is founded on opinion.