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
Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
I have only one counsel for you - be master.
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
My enemies make appointments at my tomb.
In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. The line of battle once established, the one who has the ability to concentrate an unlooked for mass of artillery suddenly and unexpectedly on one of these points is sure to carry the day.
The Mohammedan religion is the finest of all
My success and everything good that I have done, I owe to my mother.
My downfall raises me to infinite heights.
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has a soul.
If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy of my country. You would be beaten in the end, and perhaps a revolution in India would follow.
Friends must always be treated as if one day they might be enemies.
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.