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
When a man is a favorite of Fortune she never takes him unawares, and, however astonishing her favors may be, she finds him ready.
We may stop ourselves when going up, never when coming down.
A great people may be killed, but they cannot be intimidated.
The fate of a Nation may sometimes depend upon the position of a fortress.
I may lose a battle but I will never lose a minute.
A true master of politics is able to calculate, down to the smallest fraction, the advantages to which he may put his very faults.
Whatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species.
Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived in vain, that we may leave some impress of ourselves on the sands of time.
I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them.
A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.
You may ask me for anything you like except time.
I may be accused or rashness, but not sluggishness.
Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.