Large legislative bodies resolve themselves into coteries, and coteries into jealousies. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I hate and I love. Perhaps you ask why I do so. I do not know, but I feel it, and am… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I have never loved anyone for love's sake except, perhaps, Josephine - a little. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Why and how are words so important that they cannot be too often used. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Oh Man, Man. How despicable in slavery, how great when fired with the love of freedom! — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I have seen only yoU, I have admired only yoU, I desire only You — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I base my calculation on the expectation that luck will be against me. — 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