He is almost a statesman. He lies well. Napoleon Bonaparte More Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte More Quotes From Napoleon Bonaparte The keys of a fortress are always well worth the retirement of the garrison when it is resolved to yield only on those conditions. On this principle it is always wiser to grant an honorable capitulation to a garrison which has made a vigorous resistance than to risk an assault. Napoleon Bonaparte yield retirement war Good intelligence is nine-tenths of any battle. Napoleon Bonaparte battle nine It is an approved maxim in war, never to do what the enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that he desires it. Napoleon Bonaparte wish war enemy Over-preparation is the foe of inspiration. Napoleon Bonaparte preparation inspiration inspirational We often get in quicker by the back door than by the front. Napoleon Bonaparte method back-doors doors A general-in-chief should ask himself several times in the day, What if the enemy were to appear now in my front, or on my right, or my left? Napoleon Bonaparte what-if war enemy My downfall raises me to infinite heights. Napoleon Bonaparte height failure infinite I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne. Napoleon Bonaparte successors A society without religion is like a vessel without compass. Napoleon Bonaparte vessel compass Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Napoleon Bonaparte atheist religious people If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital. Napoleon Bonaparte istanbul earth would-be When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you. Napoleon Bonaparte mean enemy The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time. Napoleon Bonaparte knowing secret time The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances. Napoleon Bonaparte events he-man men Space we can recover; time never. Napoleon Bonaparte regret procrastination space The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those chosen to attain their full worth. Napoleon Bonaparte enabling men art The Jesuits are a MILITARY organization, not a religious order. Their chief is a general of an army, not the mere father abbot of a monastery. And the aim of this organization is power - power in its most despotic exercise - absolute power, universal power, power to control the world by the volition of a single man. Jesuitism is the most absolute of despotisms - and at the same time the greatest and most enormous of abuses. Napoleon Bonaparte military religious father To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god. Napoleon Bonaparte acceptance power men There is a joy in danger. Napoleon Bonaparte danger joy The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain. Napoleon Bonaparte gains giving hands
