If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon-shots.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon-shots.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Death is nothing; but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Death is nothing; but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.

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

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

The human race is governed by its imagination.

The human race is governed by its imagination.

There are two levers for moving men — interest and fear.

There are two levers for moving men — interest and fear.

I base my calculation on the expectation that luck will be against me.

I base my calculation on the expectation that luck will be against me.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Better to have an open enemy, than hidden friends.

Better to have an open enemy, than hidden friends.

A man is known by his conduct to his wife, to his family, and to those under him.

A man is known by his conduct to his wife, to his family, and to those under him.

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

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

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood.

An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood.