Napoleon Bonaparte quotes

1769–1821 · Ajaccio, France

Infantry, cavalry, and artillery, are nothing without each other.
AttributedNapoleon Bonaparte
Source
The Officer's Manual: Military Maxims of Napoleon (translated from the French by Colonel D'Aguilar), 1831 · Maxim XLVII, p. 41
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A general of ordinary talent occupying a bad position, and surprized by a superior force, seeks his safety in retreat; but a great captain supplies all deficiencies by his courage, and marches boldly to meet the attack.
AttributedNapoleon Bonaparte
Source
The Officer's Manual: Military Maxims of Napoleon (translated from the French by Colonel D'Aguilar), 1831 · Maxim XVIII, pp. 18-19
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…never to do what the enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that he desires it.
AttributedNapoleon Bonaparte
Source
The Officer's Manual: Military Maxims of Napoleon (translated from the French by Colonel D'Aguilar), 1831 · Maxim XVI, p. 17
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Richard Milliken and Son, Dublin (Internet Archive scan of the 1831 edition)