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
The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.
Nothing is lost as long as courage remains
Know how to listen and be sure that silence often produces the same effects as science.
Napoleon Paintings & Chalcography from the Palace of Versailles (1800-1804, From Bonaparte to Napoleon)
When you fight, fight as if everything depended on you. When you pray, pray as if everything depended on God.
It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.
Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.
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.
From sublime to ridiculousness there is only one step.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.
Battles are lost or won in 15 minites
I found the crown of France lying on the ground, and I picked it up with a sword.
Great people are meteors designed to burn so that the earth may be lighted.
Every soldier carries a marshall's baton in his pack.