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
The first quality of the commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself to be confused by either good or bad news.
Half of the people in the world are below average.
Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art.
Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others.
The superior man is never in anyone's way.
To listen to the interests of all marks an ordinary government; to foresee them marks a great government.
True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.
War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.
We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost.
Whatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species.
You cannot drag a man's conscience before any tribunal, and no one is answerable for his religious opinions to any power on earth.
You cannot treat with all the world at once.
When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him.
What is the future? What is the past? What are we? What is the magic fluid that surrounds us and conceals the things we most need to know? We live and die in the midst of marvels.