Napoleon Bonaparte: Frases en inglés (página 11)
Napoleon Bonaparte era político y militar francés. Frases en inglés.Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Statement on his relations with the Empress Josephine (19 May 1816), quoted in The Story of Civilization (1935) by Will Durant and Ariel Durant, p. 234
“Ordinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze.”
Statement of 1812, quoted in Napoleon's Cavalry and its Leaders (1978) by David Johnson
Les hommes ordinaires ont succombé, disait-il; les hommes de fer ont été faits prisonniers; je ne ramène avec moi que les hommes de bronze.
Mémoires du colonel Combe sur les campagnes de Russie 1812, de Saxe 1813, de France 1814 et 1815. Paris 1853. p. 184 books.google https://books.google.de/books?id=KhlYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA184
“In order not to be astonished at obtaining victories, one ought not to think only of defeats.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Tighe Hopkins in The Women Napoleon Loved
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“My most splendid campaign was that of March 20; not a single shot was fired.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“There is nothing so imperious as feebleness which feels itself supported by force.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people.”
Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848)
Depuis le premier jour jusqu'au dernier, il est le même, toujours le même, majestueux et simple , infiniment sévère et infiniment doux ; dans un commerce de vie pour ainsi dire public, Jésus ne donne jamais de prise à la moindre critique; sa conduite si prudente ravit l'admiration par un mélange de force et de douceur.
Statement (1803) as quoted in The Mind of Napoleon (1955) by J. Christopher Herold
“Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
As quoted in The Military Quotation Book (2002) by James Charlton, p. 93
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