NAPOLEON'S MAXIMS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 188, 28 December 1912, Page 1 (Supplement)

NAPOLEON'S MAXIMS

Most Frenchmen and many Englishmen are never tired of reading about the great Napoleon, so it was a good idea of M. Bertant to publish a selection from the maxims that were fired oil' by the Emperor. Here are a few given off by the Figaro:■ ''A diplomat is only a policeman in gold lace." "Good plans of campaign are nearly always upset by unforeseen circumstances, which are the making of bad plans. Too much imagination loses battles."

''Character is quite as important as talent in carrying on war. If. is better to be deficient in talent than in character. Caesar. Hannibal, Tureime. Prince Eugene, and Frederick the (ileal had a large share of both."

"Few things arc so enjoyable, .as danger." "If a battlefield brings tears to the eyes of a general, you may be sure he is the cause of needless slaughter." "There is something better than a good fighter, and that is a good marcher."

"Dare-devilry is born in a man. and is often merely impatience of danger; courage is the result of thought." ' "Great tragedy is a school for great men. and should be encouraged by the State."

" •TiirtnlTc' is a masterly production. All the same, if it hm! been written in iiiv time T should not have allowed it on the .stage." -J, would have locked up Reaumurchais. People would have cried out at me for my tyranny, but it would have been a great gain to society." "To show fear of death is to proclaim yourself an atheist." "When yon can ,no longer reward a man he miist be disgraced." "A reigning prince ought to be honeycombed with suspicion." "Before a. nation can be really free, the ruled must be wise and the rulers divine."

'"The- last thing a king should resemble is a man." ..a,.,. wU w [Ljmifia-Mafflli