Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake.

Quand l'ennemi fait un faux mouvement, il faut se garder de l'interrompre.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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Topic

Military strategy

Author

Napoleon Bonaparte

Source

History of Europe

Language

French

Time

1805 1800s 19th century

Occupation

Emperor General National leader Politician

From

France Europe

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Citation

Bonaparte, Napoleon. Quoted in History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789 to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815, written by Archibald Alison. Vol. 5, Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1841.

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Another quote from the 1800s

O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!

Sir Walter Scott

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Topic
Consequences of lying Unintended consequences Lying

Author

Sir Walter Scott
Source
Marmion
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1808 1800s 19th century
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Citation

Scott, Walter, Sir. Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co./London: William Miller and John Murray, 1808, canto 6, st. 17.

Another quote originally in French

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.

Simone Weil

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Topic
Nature of power

Author

Simone Weil
Language
French
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Weil, Simone. "L'iliade ou le poeme de la force [The Iliad, or The Poem of Force]." Les Cahiers du Sud, 1940.

Current Citation

Weil, Simone. "The Iliad, or The Poem of Force." Simone Weil: An Anthology, translated by Sian Miles. Grove Press, 2000.