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
You write to me that it's impossible. The word is not French.
Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.
To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
Ability is nothing without opportunity.
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.
Someone says, "Boys will be boys"; he forgot to add, "Boys will be men
Do you know what astonished me most in the world? The inability of force to create anything. In the long run, the sword is always beaten by the spirit.
Ten persons who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent