"All religions have been made by men." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." Napoleon Bonaparte
"A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights." Napoleon Bonaparte
"When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes." Napoleon Bonaparte
"A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets." Napoleon Bonaparte
"In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake." Napoleon Bonaparte
"I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne." Napoleon Bonaparte
"A Constitution should be short and obscure." Napoleon Bonaparte
"The best cure for the body is a quiet mind." Napoleon Bonaparte
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| The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries, by Jacques-Louis David, 1812 |
Napoleon Bonaparte (French: Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe.
As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815. His legal reform, the Napoleonic Code, has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide, but he is best remembered for his role in the wars led against France by a series of coalitions, the so-called Napoleonic Wars. He established hegemony over most of continental Europe and sought to spread the ideals of the French Revolution, while consolidating an imperial monarchy which restored aspects of the deposed Ancien Régime. Due to his success in these wars, often against numerically superior enemies, he is generally regarded as one of the greatest military commanders of all time, and his campaigns are studied at military academies throughout much of the world.
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"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence." Napoleon Bonaparte
"What is history but a fable agreed upon?" Napoleon Bonaparte
"Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Respect the burden." Napoleon Bonaparte
"He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Ability is nothing without opportunity." Napoleon Bonaparte
"A true man hates no one." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets." Napoleon Bonaparte
"The best way to keep one's word is not to give it." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows." Napoleon Bonaparte
"The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue." Napoleon Bonaparte
"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon." Napoleon Bonaparte
"A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it." Napoleon Bonaparte
"If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet." Napoleon Bonaparte
"France has more need of me than I have need of France." Napoleon Bonaparte
"From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy." Napoleon Bonaparte
"To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Imagination rules the world." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me." Napoleon Bonaparte
"One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Women are nothing but machines for producing children." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Victory belongs to the most persevering." Napoleon Bonaparte
"One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority." Napoleon Bonaparte
"There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities." Napoleon Bonaparte
"With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything." Napoleon Bonaparte
"You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy." Napoleon Bonaparte
"It requires more courage to suffer than to die." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals." Napoleon Bonaparte
"The word impossible is not in my dictionary." Napoleon Bonaparte
"A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon." Napoleon Bonaparte
"An army marches on its stomach." Napoleon Bonaparte
"If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing." Napoleon Bonaparte
"In politics stupidity is not a handicap." Napoleon Bonaparte
"The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind." Napoleon Bonaparte
"The human race is governed by its imagination." Napoleon Bonaparte
"The French complain of everything, and always." Napoleon Bonaparte
"We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him." Napoleon Bonaparte
"You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night." Napoleon Bonaparte
"I made all my generals out of mud." Napoleon Bonaparte
"The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent." Napoleon Bonaparte
"A throne is only a bench covered with velvet." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them." Napoleon Bonaparte
"There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest." Napoleon Bonaparte
"I have only one counsel for you - be master." Napoleon Bonaparte
"England is a nation of shopkeepers." Napoleon Bonaparte
"A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Let the path be open to talent." Napoleon Bonaparte
"War is the business of barbarians." Napoleon Bonaparte
"The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague." Napoleon Bonaparte
"When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them." Napoleon Bonaparte
"He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat." Napoleon Bonaparte
"A leader is a dealer in hope." Napoleon Bonaparte
"There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest." Napoleon Bonaparte
"If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god." Napoleon Bonaparte
"The truest wisdom is a resolute determination." Napoleon Bonaparte
"It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr." Napoleon Bonaparte
"A picture is worth a thousand words." Napoleon Bonaparte
"The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man." Napoleon Bonaparte
"The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely." Napoleon Bonaparte
"There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in." Napoleon Bonaparte
"History is a set of lies agreed upon." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Medicines are only fit for old people." Napoleon Bonaparte
"The army is the true nobility of our country." Napoleon Bonaparte
"Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight." Napoleon Bonaparte
"If you want a thing done well, do it yourself." Napoleon Bonaparte
"I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up." Napoleon Bonaparte
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