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 must see her and press her to my heart. I love her to the point of madness, and I cannot continue to be separated from her. If she no longer loved me, I would have nothing left to do on earth.
Nothing is lost as long as courage remains
I hope before long to press you in my arms and shall shower on you a million burning kisses as under the Equator.
If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation
Soldiers! Here is the battle you have so long desired! Henceforth victory depends on you; we have need of it.
When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.
Treaties are observed as long as they are in harmony with interests.
In these days the invention of printing, and the diffusion of knowledge, render historical calumnies a little less dangerous: truth will always prevail in the long run, but how slow its progress!
Give me a man with a good allowance of nose, . . . when I want any good head-work done I choose a man--provided his education has been suitable--with a long nose.
He that makes war without many mistakes has not made war very long.
Man will believe anything, as long as it's not in the bible.
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
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