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Quotation from Napoleon's Maxims of War by Napoleon Bonaparte

“Some men are so physically and morally constituted as to see everything through a highly-colored medium”

Napoleon Bonaparte (spoken by Napoleon (as compiled by Burnod))

Napoleon's Maxims of War, Maxim LXXIII, trans. G. C. D'Aguilar from Burnod (1831; 1862 reprint)

Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon describes a temperament that magnifies every event, which he judges unfit for command.

Citation: "Some men are so physically and morally constituted as to see everything through a highly-colored medium" — Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon's Maxims of War, Maxim LXXIII, trans. G. C. D'Aguilar from Burnod (1831; 1862 reprint). (id napoleons-maxims-of-war-q9)

Portrait: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries, Jacques-Louis David, Public domain.

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