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
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The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
A man is known by his conduct to his wife, to his family, and to those under him.
I have made noise enough in the world already, perhaps too much, and am now getting old, and want retirement.
In war you see your own troubles; those of the enemy you cannot see. You must show confidence.
When people cease to complain, they cease to think.
We walk faster when we walk alone.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
Give Me a Turkish Army. I will Conquer world.
It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
How can you have order in a state without religion? For, when one man is dying of hunger near another who is ill of surfeit, he cannot resign himself to this difference unless there is an authority which declares 'God wills it thus.' Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.