Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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There are two kinds of fidelity, that of dogs and that of cats; you, gentleman, have the fidelity of cats who never leave the house.
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Men will risk their lives, even die for ribbons.
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Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.
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I feel myself driven towards an end that I do not know. As soon as I shall have reached it, as soon as I shall become unnecessary, an atom will suffice to shatter me. Till then, not all the forces of mankind can do anything against me.
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Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
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Large legislative bodies resolve themselves into coteries, and coteries into jealousies.
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Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
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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.
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With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.
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A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
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There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
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Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.
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The Jesuits are a MILITARY organization, not a religious order. Their chief is a general of an army, not the mere father abbot of a monastery. And the aim of this organization is power - power in its most despotic exercise - absolute power, universal power, power to control the world by the volition of a single man. Jesuitism is the most absolute of despotisms - and at the same time the greatest and most enormous of abuses.
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War must be made as intense and awful as possible in order to make it short, and thus to diminish its horrors.
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Parties weaken themselves by their fear of capable men.
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I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.
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Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.
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Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
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Victory belongs to the most persevering.
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Remember that a man, a true man, never hates. His rages and his bad moods never last beyond the present moment-like electric shocks.
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The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
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Once you have made up your mind, stick to it; there is no longer any 'if' or 'but'.
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Washington is dead! This great man fought against Tyranny; he established the liberty of his country. His memory will always be dear to the French people, as it will be to all free men of the two worlds; and especially to French soldiers, who, like him and the American soldiers, have combated for liberty and equality.
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Every beggar shall be arrested. But to arrest a beggar merely in order to put him in jail would be barbarous and absurd. He should be arrested for the sole purpose of teaching him how to earn a living by his work.