In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
How many things apparently impossible have nevertheless been performed by resolute men who had no alternative but death. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances;… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It is exceptional and difficult to find in one man all the qualities necessary for a great general. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of… — 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
He who cannot look over a battlefield with a dry eye, causes the death of many men uselessly. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Men who have changed the world never achieved their success by winning the chief citizens to their side, but always by stirring… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. — 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
Washington is dead! This great man fought against Tyranny; he established the liberty of his country. His memory will always be dear… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I know men; and I tell you that Jesus Christ is not a man. Superficial minds see a resemblance between Christ and… — 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