France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In war, the moral element and public opinion are half the battle. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Public morals are natural complements of all laws: they are by themselves an entire code. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In war, character and opinion make more than half of the reality. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Men have their virtues and their vices, their heroisms and their perversities; men are neither wholly good nor wholly bad, but possess… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Public morals are natural complement of all laws they are by themselves an entire code. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Age, habits of business and experience have modified many characters. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In matters of government, justice means force as well as virtue. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
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 Image
Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
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 Image
