Artillery is more essential to cavalry than to infantry, because cavalry has no fire for its defence, but depends on the sabre. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. The line of… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I am a soldier and accustomed to risking my life every day. I am full of the fire of youth; I cannot… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Until then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses; but give me none in return, for they set my blood on fire. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“You wish to sail a ship up stream by lighting a fire under its decks, I have no time for such nonsense.” — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
This year has begun hopefully for right thinkers. After all these centuries of feudal barbarism and political slavery, it is surprising to… — 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
