“You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.”
Author
Napoleon Bonaparte
53 quotes
“The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.”
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“In politics stupidity is not a handicap.”
“If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.”
“The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.”
“He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.”
“One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.”
“A leader is a dealer in hope.”
“The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.”
“The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.”
“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.”
“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”
“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.”
“If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.”
“History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.”
“What is history but a fable agreed upon?”
“History is a set of lies agreed upon.”
“The human race is governed by its imagination.”
“I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.”
“All religions have been made by men.”
“In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.”
“Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.”
“Respect the burden.”
“I see only my objective- the obstacles must give way.”