Napoleon was probably the equal at least of Washington in intellect, his superior in education. Both of them were successful in serving… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
Between Napoleon and his army, always choose Napoleon; because He can create another army, but his army cannot create a Napoleon! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
How often we recall with regret that Napoleon once shot at a magazine editor and missed him and killed a publisher. But… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
By the time Napoleon abandoned his army to its fate in Poland - arriving back in Paris on 5 December - it… — Saul David Copy Share Image
Napoleon is a torrent which as yet we are unable to stem. Moscow will be the sponge that will suck him dry. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
NAPOLEON: What shall we do with this soldier, Giuseppe? Everything he says is wrong. GIUSEPPE: Make him a general, Excellency, and then… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
[On Napoleon:] The Emperor is too grand for anybody to tell him the truth, everybody who surrounds him flatters him all day… — Josephine de Beauharnais Copy Share Image
“Was it possible that Napoleon should have won that battle? We answer No. Why? Because of Wellington? Because of Blucher? No. Because… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
There are certain historical figures of such importance that we need to know everything about them, which is why books about Napoleon,… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
“Napoleon was convinced his system of sound money could defeat the vaporous credit creation of the British. He felt that people would… — Kelly Mitchell Copy Share Image
There are a lot of hardcore 'Napoleon' fans, and they do the research and find photos of what I look like when… — Aaron Ruell Copy Share Image
Europeans are forever the offspring of Machiavelli, trapped in a historical rollercoaster that can bring us a monarchy-toppling French Revolution and then… — Loretta Napoleoni Copy Share Image
The two greatest characters in the 19th century are Napoleon and Helen Keller. Napoleon tried to conquer the world by physical force… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Just as Napoleon was the sole authority in the state, so the husband and father was to exercise authority over his family.… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
Napoleon was one of the most complex personalities in history.He was ruthless, small in stature, a bully, vulnerable, unfaithful and I think… — David Suchet Copy Share Image
Napoleon said of Massena, that he was not himself until the battle began to go against him; then, when the dead began… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“It can certainly be misleading to take the attributes of a movement, or the anxieties and contradictions of a moment, and to… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Not only is the Napoleonic dream stronger today in our imaginations than it has ever been, but one can already feel the… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
“Salvador Dalí’s aberrations are partly explicable. Perhaps they are a way of assuring himself that he is not commonplace. The two qualities… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
One day, quite some time ago, I happened on a photograph of Napoleon’s youngest brother, Jerome, taken in 1852. And I realized… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
“we also see two things that are very salient for Napoleon – 1. Whenever he saw an opportunity, he immediately felt… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
“Napoleon had developed an identification with Egypt from the time he was twelve, reading about Alexander the Great. At the end of… — Tom Reiss Copy Share Image
“Napoleon, the greatest of the conquerors, is a sufficient proof that great men of action are criminals, and therefore, not geniuses. One… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
“Louis XIV was a very proud and self-confident man. He had such and such mistresses, and such and such ministers, and he… — Isaiah Berlin Copy Share Image
If you ask me about Napoleon, I'll tell you about his relationship with sugar. And canning - thanks to Napoleon, we have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To the very last, he [Napoleon] had a kind of idea; that, namely, of la carrière ouverte aux talents, - the tools… — John Keats Copy Share Image
The truth is very few of us are related to Napoleon or Cleopatra. Although, those are bad examples as I am actually… — Jim Piddock Copy Share Image
[Napoleon has now] surpassed...Alexander & Caesar, not to mention the great advantage he has over them in the Cause he fights in. — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
I was very short when I was little, so I probably had - and there may be a residue of it now… — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
There is no consensus even today on the merits of Napoleon - and certainly no agreement on the rights and wrongs of… — Douglas Hurd Copy Share Image
Napoleon was the best method. Dissolved all representative institutions and it decided who should rule the state with him. — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
“The war against Napoleon was won not by England but by Russia, Austria, and Prussia; but England won the last battle and… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
“It was napoleon who once observed how easy it is to win men over through flattery simply by bequeathing a title to… — Texe Marrs Copy Share Image
I'm known for having crazy shoes. I have a total Napoleon complex - I'm only 5'4", and every heel I have is… — Laura Wasser Copy Share Image
I don't want to do the nerdy, goofy guy again. That was really fitting for the 'Napoleon' world, but that's kind of… — Aaron Ruell Copy Share Image
“Mr. Carlisle became brisk. "Baby," he said, as Napoleon might have said to one of his Marshals when instructing him in his… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
The truth is that the fall of Napoleon is the hardest blow that our taxing system ever felt. It is now impossible… — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
I once read that there are more biographical works about Napoleon Bonaparte than any other man in history. — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
I really like 'Passion of the Christ.' I like that movie. I also like 'We Were Soldiers,' and 'Braveheart.' And 'Napoleon Dynamite'… — Luke Benward Copy Share Image
Active people don't change the world profoundly; ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau. — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
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