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
I don't employ Talleyrand when I want a thing done, but only when I want to have the appearance of wanting to do it.
History is the invention of historians.
History is a myth that men agree to believe.
The most constant, the most powerful, and the most generous of all my enemies.
If it had not been for the English I should have been emperor of the East, but wherever there is water to float a ship we are sure to find them in our way.
I shall be an Attila to Venice.
A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle.
History paints the human heart.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity.
History is written by the winners.
Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.
Fashion condemns us to many follies; the greatest is to make ourselves its slave
Public morals are natural complements of all laws: they are by themselves an entire code.