When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
My success and everything good that I have done, I owe to my mother. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Whatever may be the position in life of a parent, it is his duty to share his crust with his children. If… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people. — 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
I don't employ Talleyrand when I want a thing done, but only when I want to have the appearance of wanting to… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its… — 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
What is a throne? - a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state- I alone am here… — 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