Widger's Quotations from Project Gutenberg Edition of Memoirs of NapoleonVarious
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Widger's Quotations from Project Gutenberg Edition of Memoirs of Napoleon
Various
Quotations
A sect cannot be destroyed by cannon-balls
A stranger to remorse and repentance, as well as to honour
A sad sort of consolation that is drawn from reprisals
Accused of fanaticism, because she refused to cohabit with him
Act with our allies as if they were afterwards to be our enemies
Age in which one breathes well only after resting
All priests are to be proscribed as criminals
All his creditors, denounced and executed
All orders given by his Majesty were short, precise
Always proposing what he knew could not be honourably acceded to
As everywhere else, supported injustice by violence
As confident and obstinate as ignorant
As was his habit, criticised more than he praised
Bestowing on the Almighty the passions of mortals
Bonaparte and his wife go now every morning to hear Mass
Bonaparte dreads more the liberty of the Press than all other
Borrowing, which uses up the resources of the future
Bourrienne
Bow to their charlatanism as if it was sublimity
Cannot be expressed, and if expressed, would not be believed
Cause of war between the United States and England
Chevalier of the Guillotine: Toureaux
Complacency which may be felt, but ought never to be published
Conquest can only be regarded as the genius of destruction
Country where power forces the law to lie dormant
Death is only asleep without dreams
Demand everything, that you may obtain nothing
Distinguished for their piety or rewarded for their flattery
Easy to give places to men to whom Nature has refused parts
Encounter with dignity and self_command unbecoming provocations
Error to admit any neutrality at all
Every one cannot be an atheist who pleases
Every time we go to war with them we teach them how to beat us
Excessive desire to oblige
Expeditious justice, as it is called here
Extravagances of a head filled with paradoxes
Fear of being suspected of cowardice was beneath them
Feeling, however, the want of consolation in their misfortunes
For a retreating enemy it is necessary to make a bridge of gold
Forced military men to kneel before priests
Frederick the Great: "No man is a hero to his valet"
French Revolution was fostered by robbery and murder
Future effects dreaded from its past enormities
General who is too fond of his life ought never to enter a camp
Generals of Cabinets are often indifferent captains in the field
Go to England The English like wrangling politicians
God is only the invention of fear
God in his mercy has chosen Napoleon to be his representative on earth
Gold, changes black to white, guilt to innocence
Grew more angry as his anger was less regarded
Hail their sophistry and imposture as inspiration
Hair, arranged with charming negligence
He was too honest to judge soundly and to act rightly
Her present Serene Idiot, as she styles the Prince Borghese
Hero of great ambition and small capacity: La Fayette
His Majesty did not converse: he spoke.
How many reputations are gained by an impudent assurance
How much people talk about what they do not comprehend
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