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
In Russia there are no roads - only areas.
One must learn to forgive and not to hold a hostile, bitter attitude of mind, which offends those about us and prevents us from enjoying ourselves. One must recognize human shortcomings and adjust himself to them rather than to be constantly finding fault with them.
A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
I do not believe it is in our nature to love impartially. We deceive ourselves when we think we can love two beings, even our own children, equally. There is always a dominant affection.
A prince should suspect everything.
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
France will always be a great nation.
To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes.
Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should have said, with everyone.
Do you know what astonished me the most in this world? The inability of force to create anything.
Whatever you ardently and passionately desire, that you obtain.
The best medicine against the grapes of wrath is a whiff of grapeshot
I wish I could take a raincheck on June 18.1815
A man occupied with public or other important business cannot, and need not, attend to spelling.