Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Napoleon Bonaparte
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
An army marches on its stomach.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.
Imagination rules the world.
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.
There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
Ability is nothing without opportunity.
Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
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.
One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.
Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.
Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
