Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769 - 1821
The Emperor Napoleon in his study at the Tuileries by Jacques-Louis David (1812)
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- Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that this way of interrogating men, by putting them to torture, produces nothing worthwhile. The poor wretches say anything that comes into their mind and what they think the interrogator wishes to know. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Letter to Louis Alexandre Berthier (11 November 1798) - The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916) - The bullet that will kill me is not yet cast. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Statement at Montereau (17 February 1814) - The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense — he is always satisfied with himself. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916) - The great difficulty with politics is that there are no established principles. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916) - The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts of Emperor Napoleon (1848) - The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - The laws of circumstance are abolished by new circumstances. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916) - The life of a citizen is the property of his country. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts of Emperor Napoleon (1848) - The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916) - The moment of greatest peril is the moment of victory. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916) - The most desirable quality in a soldier is constancy in the support of fatigue; valor is only secondary. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916) - The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable. permalink
Napoleon Bonaparte - Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916) - The most terrible of all my battles was the one before Moscow. The French showed themselves to be worthy of victory, but the Russians showed themselves worthy of being invincible. permalink
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