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
Wherever flowers cannot be reared, there man cannot live.
It is cowardly to commit suicide. The English often kill themselves. It is a malady caused by the humid climate.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
I am conquered less by fortune than by the egotism and ingratitude of my companions in arms.
True heroism consists in rising superior to misfortune.
Man loves the marvelous. It has an irresistible charm for him. He is always ready to leave that with which he is familiar to pursue vain inventions. He lends himself to his own deception.
There are two merits that glorify a person: being courageous for a man and being virtuous for a woman. Besides these two, there is another merit that glorifies both man and woman: so much loving the homeland to an extent with being ready to sacrifice his/her life, if needed. Turks are such courageous and virtuous people. That is why you can kill a Turk but you can never defeat them.
An army marches on its stomach.
Nothing is more destructive than the charge of artillery on a crowd.
International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy, foreign policy must shape the incidents.
There must be Religion. Otherwise the poor would murder the rich.
Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting.
Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent...
Europe is a molehill. All great empires and revolutions have been on the Orient; six hundred millions live there.