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
I made all my generals out of mud.
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
For my part, it is not the mystery of the incarnation which I discover in religion, but the mystery of social order, which associates with heaven that idea of equality which prevents the rich from destroying the poor
The English have no exaulted sentiments. They can all be bought.
We are born, we live, we die among supernatural.
The advance and perfecting of mathematics are closely joined to the prosperity of the nation.
Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.
Imagination governs the world.
To attach no importance to public opinion, is a proof that you do not merit its suffrage.
Soldiers, forty centuries are looking down upon you from these pyramids.
Keep a good table and attend to the ladies.
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.
The only conquests which are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.
There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most insignificant thing can decide the outcome of a battle