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 worse the troops the greater the need of artillery.
On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it.
My decision to destroy the authority of the blacks in Saint Domingue (Haiti) is not so much based on considerations of commerce and money, as on the need to block for ever the march of the blacks in the world.
What is the future? What is the past? What are we? What is the magic fluid that surrounds us and conceals the things we most need to know? We live and die in the midst of marvels.
A man occupied with public or other important business cannot, and need not, attend to spelling.
France needs nothing so much to promote her regeneration as good mothers.
The admiral needs only one science, that of navigation. The general needs all the sciences.
Man is entitled by birthright to a share of the earth's produce sufficient to fill the needs of his existence.
Champagne! In victory, one deserves it; in defeat one needs it.
A man who has no consideration for the needs of his men ought never to be given command.
France has more need of me than I have need of France.
You do not get peace by shouting: Peace. Peace is a meaningless word; what we need is a glorious peace.
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
Courage is like love; it must have hope to nourish it.