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
In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments.
History paints the human heart.
The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.
The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.
The heart may be broken, and the soul remain unshaken.
I would rather suffer with coffee than be senseless.
To have good soldiers, a nation must always be at war.
The future destiny of a child is always the work of the mother
War is the business of barbarians.
Time is the great art of man.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
A man does not have himself killed for a half-pence a day or for a petty distinction. You must speak to the soul in order to electrify him
What is a throne? - a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state- I alone am here the representative of the people. Even if I had done wrong you should not have reproached me in public - people wash their dirty linen at home. France has more need of me than I of France.
One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.