More from Napoleon Bonaparte

  1. The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.
  2. The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
  3. The aristocracy has the advantage of concentrating the power of Government into less dangerous hands than those of the ignorant multitude.
  4. The English... are a nation of shopkeepers
  5. The allies we gain by victory, will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.
  6. The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it.
  7. The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.
  8. The favorable opportunity must be seized; for fortune is female, and if you balk her today you must not expect to meet her again tomorrow.

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