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by eschulz 872 days ago
Napoleon apparently joked about the importance of having dumb and energetic soldiers shot.

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/12/27/dumb-and-gets-thin...

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This sounds like a significant refinement over KvH-E quadrants above, and indeed highlights the danger of the dumb and not-lazy. But it's probably not Napoleon..

Napoleon would more likely say something along the lines of.. "Know when to go for it and when to take it slow."

After all, he signalled his willingness to work hard with his bee emblem.