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
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Ability is noting without opportunity
Democracy, if it is reasonable, limits itself to giving everyone an equal opportunity to compete and to obtain.
Ability is of little account without opportunity. I have very rarely met with two o'clock in the morning courage: I mean instantaneous courage.
Ability has nothing to do with opportunity.
Ability is nothing without opportunity.
Opportunities? I make opportunities.
All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.
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.
Put a rouge in the limelight and he will act like an honest man
The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.
Ten persons who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent