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
I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.
You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.
Not one cent should be raised unless it is in accord with the law.
I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has been stopped; but when I die it will turn the page and resume its course.
Soldiers, forty centuries are looking down upon you from these pyramids.
All Italians are plunderers.
France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character.
I hope before long to press you in my arms and shall shower on you a million burning kisses as under the Equator.
Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.
Revolutions are good times for soldiers of talent and courage.
In war, the moral element and public opinion are half the battle.
I don't employ Talleyrand when I want a thing done, but only when I want to have the appearance of wanting to do it.
We are born, we live, we die among supernatural.
In war, the general alone can judge of certain arrangements. It depends on him alone to conquer difficulties by his own superior talents and resolution.