Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Be successful! I judge men only by the results of their actions. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In the last analysis, one must be a military man in order to govern. It is only with boot and spurs that… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
He who cannot look over a battlefield with a dry eye, causes the death of many men uselessly. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
To live, is to suffer; and the honest man is always fighting to be master of his own mind. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Give me a man with a good allowance of nose,... when I want any good head-work done I choose a man -… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. Men are moved by only two mechanisms: fear and self-interest.… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Liberty is a need felt by a small class of people whom nature has endowed with nobler minds than the mass of… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Muhammad was a great man, an intrepid soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Bender (sic); a… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Man loves the marvelous. It has an irresistible charm for him. He is always ready to leave that with which he is… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
What are the conditions that make for the superiority of an army? Its internal organization, military habits in officers and men, the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The nature of Christ's existence is mysterious, I admit; but this mystery meets the wants of man. Reject it, and the world… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
How can you have order in a state without religion? For, when one man is dying of hunger near another who is… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I would believe any religion that could prove it had existed since the beginning of the world. But when I see Socrates,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances;… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
A great reputation is a great noise, the more there is of it, and the further does it swell. Land, monuments, Nations, all fall,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
My decision to destroy the authority of the blacks in Saint Domingue (Haiti) is not so much based on considerations of commerce and money,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
