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
When you fight, fight as if everything depended on you. When you pray, pray as if everything depended on God.
The battle of Austerlitz is the grandest of all I have fought.
It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.
Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.
The only conquests which are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.
The only who is wiser than anyone is everyone.
Know how to listen and be sure that silence often produces the same effects as science.
I found the crown of France lying on the ground, and I picked it up with a sword.
Great people are meteors designed to burn so that the earth may be lighted.
From sublime to ridiculousness there is only one step.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.
Napoleon Paintings & Chalcography from the Palace of Versailles (1800-1804, From Bonaparte to Napoleon)
Great men are meteors designed to burn so that the earth may be lighted
All celebrated people lose dignity on a close view