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Full Idea
With Napoleon only the essential instincts of humanity came into consideration during his calculations, and he had a right not to take notice of the exceptional ones e.g. of compassion.
Gist of Idea
Napoleon was very focused, and rightly ignored compassion
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1885-86 [1886], 34[131])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1885-86 (v 16)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2020], p.38
A Reaction
Napoleon was notoriously indifferent to casualties, and I find it depressing that Nietzsche supports him. Napoleon brought misery to Europe for nearly twenties, mainly because he loved winning battles. Nothing über about that.