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
War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.
France will always be a great nation.
The advance and perfecting of mathematics are closely joined to the prosperity of the nation.
We are nothing but by the law.
Liberty and equality are magical words.
Nothing renders a nation so despicable as religious despotism.
It strengthens the bonds between nations to have the same civil laws and the same monetary system.
Patriotism is a word which represents a noble idea.
I know when it is necessary, how to leave the skin of lion to take one of fox.
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.
An urgent missive sent to Josephine""Home in three days. Don't wash.
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
Every soldier carries a marshall's baton in his pack.