“A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.”
Napoleon Bonaparte“When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.”
Napoleon Bonaparte“One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.”
Napoleon Bonaparte“Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.”
Napoleon Bonaparte“If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.”
Napoleon Bonaparte“If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.”
Napoleon Bonaparte“I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.”
Napoleon Bonaparte“In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.”
Napoleon Bonaparte