The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men:… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In revolution there are only two sorts of men, those who cause them and those who profit by them. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A man who has no consideration for the needs of his men ought never to be given command. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The public spirit is in the hands of the man who knows how to make use of it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In the last analysis, one must be a military man in order to govern. It is only with boot and spurs that… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me, accepted all my views, and yielded easily to my opinions, were… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
All men of genius, and all those who have gained rank in the republic of letters, are brothers, whatever may be the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Strangers are just friends waiting to happen. To become a good man, one must have faithful friends, or outright enemies. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Every man who is worth thirty millions and is not wedded to them, is dangerous to the government. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. Men are moved by only two mechanisms: fear and self-interest.… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Do you know what is more hard to bear than the reverses of fortune? It is the baseness, the hideous ingratitude, of… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Man loves the marvelous. It has an irresistible charm for him. He is always ready to leave that with which he is… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A man is not dependent upon his fellow creature, when he does not fear death. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Liberty is a need felt by a small class of people whom nature has endowed with nobler minds than the mass of… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Policemen and prisons ought never to be the means used to bring men back to the practice of religion. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Christ alone has succeeded in so raising the mind of man towards the unseen that it become insensible to the barriers of… — 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
War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search… — 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
