Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769 - 1821
The Emperor Napoleon in his study at the Tuileries by Jacques-Louis David (1812)
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- In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916) - In war, character and opinion make more than half of the reality. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916) - It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very hard to know, and yet, not to be deceived, we must judge them by their present actions, but for the present only. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916) - It is not by whining that one carries out the job of king. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916) - It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916) - It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916) - It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916) - It must be recognized that the real truths of history are hard to discover. Happily, for the most part, they are rather matters of curiosity than of real importance. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916) - It requires more courage to suffer than to die. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Kiss the feet of Popes provided their hands are tied. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Memoirs of Napoleon (1829-1831) - Laws which are consistent in theory often prove chaotic in practice. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916) - Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916) - Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Memoirs of Napoleon (1829-1831) - Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but from some secret passion of the moment which lies hidden and concealed within the narrowest folds of his heart. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts of Emperor Napoleon (1848)
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