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
No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon.
The keys of a fortress are always well worth the retirement of the garrison when it is resolved to yield only on those conditions. On this principle it is always wiser to grant an honorable capitulation to a garrison which has made a vigorous resistance than to risk an assault.
Generals are not to be too scrupulous.
What are the conditions that make for the superiority of an army? Its internal organization, military habits in officers and men, the confidence of each in themselves; that is to say, bravery, patience, and all that is contained in the idea of moral means.
As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.
Envy is a declaration of inferiority.
The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger.
Medicines are only fit for old people.
In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them.
People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful.
It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.
Good and decent people must be protected and persuaded by gentle means, but the rabble must be led by terror.
As a rule it is circumstances that make men.
It is the business of cavalry to follow up the victory, and to prevent the beaten army from rallying.