The fate of war is to be exalted in the morning, and low enough at night! There is but one step from… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Much shedding of blood, many great actions, and triumphs, toil and perseverance are the end of all things human. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
What I have done up to this is nothing. I am only at the beginning of the course I must run. Do… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In war, as in love, we must come into contact before we triumph. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always… — 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
