Book

The Military Maxims of Napoleon

by Napoleon

(4 total)

Characters

Napoleon (3)Daniel G. Chandler (1)

“Never do what the enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that he desires it.”

— Napoleon, amazon.com

Tagged: strategy

“At the commencement of a campaign, to advance or not to advance is a matter for grave consideration, but when once the offensive has been assumed, it must be sustained to the last extremity.”

— Napoleon, amazon.com

Tagged: strategy

“The first qualification in a general-in-chief is a cool head, that is, a head which receives just impressions, and estimates things and objects at their real value. He must not allow himself to be elated by good news or depressed by bad.”

— Napoleon, amazon.com

Tagged: strategy

“Where caution has been happily united to audacity and both have been joined to spread common sense.”

— Daniel G. Chandler, amazon.com

Tagged: strategy