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 inevitable end of multiple chiefs is that they fade and disappear for lack of unity.
In order that a people may be free, it is necessary that the governed be sages, and those who govern, gods.
How many really capable men are children more than once during the day!
Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack.
Success is the most convincing talker in the world.
Immortality is the best recollection one leaves.
We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.
The best generals are those who have served in the artillery.
A general must be a charlatan.
In matters of government, justice means force as well as virtue.
There is a joy in danger.
Why and how are words so important that they cannot be too often used.
Order marches with weighty and measured strides. Disorder is always in a hurry.
Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.