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
What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck; I pray you excuse me. I have no time to listen to such nonsense.
In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.
Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.
The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time.
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.
Occupation is the scythe of time.
You may ask me for anything you like except time.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
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.