Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoléon Bonapartewas a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. He won most of these wars and the vast majority of his battles, building a...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionRoyalty
Date of Birth15 August 1769
CityAjaccio, France
CountryFrance
Ability is noting without opportunity
What a beautiful fix we are in now; peace has been declared.
A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.
Posterity will talk of Washington as the founder of a great empire, when my name shall be lost in the vortex of revolution.
If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.
True wisdom for a general is vigorous determination.
Once you have made up your mind, stick to it; there is no longer any 'if' or 'but'.
It is not enough to give orders they must be obeyed.
Un croquis vaut mieux qu
Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg.
Keep a good table and attend to the ladies.
Men are never attached to you by favours.
Fools have a great advantage over the wise; they are always self-satisfied.
Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.