Man will believe anything, as long as it's not in the bible.

In war, groping tactics, half-way measures, lose everything.

The laws of circumstance are abolished by new circumstances.

Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.

It's not the size of the army but the power within the army.

Bloodletting is among the ingredients of political medicine.

There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.

A great people may be killed, but they cannot be intimidated.

Equality should be the chief basis of the education of youth.

I love a brave soldier who has undergone the baptism of fire.

Of all the peoples of Europe, Spaniards disgust me the least.

Independence, like honor, is a rocky island, without a beach.

An Emperor confides in national soldiers, not in mercenaries.

You don't govern men who don't have religion, you shoot them.

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

True wisdom, in general, consists in energetic determination.

It is easier to brave and threaten, than to conquer an enemy.

What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.

An army which cannot be regularly recruited is a doomed army.

The best generals are those who have served in the artillery.

Conquest has made me what I am, only conquest can maintain me.

Nothing renders a nation so despicable as religious despotism.

I fear three newspapers more than a hundred thousand bayonets.

Nature intended women to be our slaves. They are our property.

The battle of Austerlitz is the grandest of all I have fought.

I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers

Revolutions are good times for soldiers of talent and courage.

In politics, an absurdity in public business is going into it.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

The art of war is to gain time when your strength is inferior.

The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother

Great men are meteors, consuming themselves to light the world

Champagne! In victory, one deserves it; in defeat one needs it.

Clever policy consists in making nations believe they are free.

When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him.

In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments.

Whatever you ardently and passionately desire, that you obtain.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

I have seen only yoU, I have admired only yoU, I desire only You

In war, as in love, we must come into contact before we triumph.

Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

The English have no exaulted sentiments. They can all be bought.

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

Every French soldier carriers a marshal's baton in his knapsack.

If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.

In matters of government, justice means force as well as virtue.

It is necessary for the heart to feel as for the body to be fed.

Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

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