"I have fought sixty battles and I have learned nothing which I did not know at the beginning."
— Napoleon

January 1, 1970

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Napoleon: A Biography by Frank McLynn, p. 145. Translated from Gourgaud's Journal de Sainte-Hélène 1815-1818, entry of 25 December 1817.