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
The transition from the defensive to the offensive is one of the most delicate operations in war.
Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.
The purely defensive is doomed to defeat.
Ability has nothing to do with opportunity.
Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.
Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those chosen to attain their full worth.
Give me an educated mother, I shall promise you the birth of a civilized, educated nation
Knowledge and history are the enemies of religion.
The logical end to defensive warfare is surrender.
Give me enough medals and I’ll win you any war
I believe love to be hurtful to society, and to the individual happiness of men. I believe, in short, that love does more harm than good.
A faithful friend is the true image of the Deity.
Reconnaissance memoranda should always be written in the simplest style and be purely descriptive. They should never stray from their objective by introducing extraneous ideas.