Napoleon's famous proverb

Nonsense, it is a fantastic definition for a good politician, good soldiers often finish six feet under ground, if there'll be anyone to dig. Cheers

One of the greatest other rankers in the British army Sgt major Lord refused the rank of a colonel. His argument " I came up the ranks that is where I serve best." Nappy may have misfired as at Waterloo.

hi all of you,
Sorry to come here and to tell u this: unfortunatly it seems that one of you didn't understand that Napoleon's sentence is more than what we think. In fact when you want something you can't start on the higher level, you have to learn from the bottom, and go further...
I think that this could be a lesson for some people in the world who are unable to wait things and to le

I do understand Sharann but in the context of the Britsh army it is nigh impossible for an ordinary soldier to become a general. Generals usually start off as junior officers. Yes I agree a good general must have been a good officer and intelligent people do learn from the past. My joke about Nappy seems to have misfired. Wellington would probably have had a thing or two to say about his tactics.

Or was he implying that we should concentrate on our job and not others?
Like in this case did he mean that a soldier should carry his assigned job of taking orders and not leading (which is job of General)

Do we know the meaning of 'Bonapartism' in political jargon?

0 'transitional form of government between the regimes of parliamentary democracy and fascism, based on dictatorship and military force during a period when class rule is not secure. A strong government which appears to stand 'above parties' and 'above classes' due to relative equilibrium between the working class and the bourgeoisie. It is based on the military, police, and state bureaucracy ra

0 to me, what napoleon said means 02br
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00"if you dont want to progress then your not gonna be trying your hardest to look like a very good soldier, in which case you arnt here for a career so why are you here? if you just want to kill things, be a butcher!" 02br
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00basically, if you want to become a general then you have to work your *** off!! tho

talking about being a good soldier? ,hmm... do Napoleon really cares?... if i'm a general ... i will prefer a rather 'lucky' soldier than a soldier who is smart enough to make the decision for me ... what else can a soldier do other than killing in war? lucky soldier suvive ... lucky soldier promote ... finally he became a lucky general ... 'Ability is of little account without opportunity' sa

Hi "Anonymous"

I think that Napoleon didn't want to be a good soldier, that was not his purpose. What he really wanted? Go back to the past in a way and gave to France its glorious presence, and its territories, but he was unable to give to French the peace they wanted at that moment, after the French Revolution. Yes there were a lot of defeats and he probably was too ambitious.