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
Public esteem is the recompense of honest men.
Public opinion is a mysterious and invisible power, to which everything must yield. There is nothing more fickle, more vague, or more powerful; yet capricious as it is, it is nevertheless much more often true, reasonable, and just, than we imagine.
To attach no importance to public opinion, is a proof that you do not merit its suffrage.
When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.
I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.
Occupation is the scythe of time.
Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it.
A fool is only troublesome, a pedant insupportable.
Be successful! I judge men only by the results of their actions.
He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice.
The law, that is what makes men stay honest.
Morality for the upper classes, the gallows for the rabbles.
Man is entitled by birthright to a share of the earth's produce sufficient to fill the needs of his existence.
Has a man the right to kill himself? Yes, if his death harms no one and if life is an evil to him. When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.