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
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
You do not get peace by shouting: Peace. Peace is a meaningless word; what we need is a glorious peace.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.
The more I study the world, the more I am convinced of the inability of brute force to create anything durable.
A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
The spectacle of a field of battle after the combat, is sufficient to inspire Princes with the love of peace, and the horror of war.
All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour.
The heart of a statesman should be in his head.
All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art--by adjusting efforts to obstacles.
When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.
Strangers are just friends waiting to happen. To become a good man, one must have faithful friends, or outright enemies.