Has a man the right to kill himself? Yes, if his death harms no one and if life is an evil to… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I marvel that whereas the ambitious dreams of my self, Caesar, and Alexander should have vanished into thin air, a Judean peasant-Jesus-s… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Men of genius are meteors destined to burn themselves out in lighting up their age. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Ordinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When I was happy I thought I knew men, but it was fated that I should know them in misfortune only. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
After making a mistake or suffering a misfortune, the man of genius always gets back on his feet. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Suicide is a crime the most revolting to the feelings; nor does any reason suggest itself to our understanding by which it… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Man is entitled by birthright to a share of the earth's produce sufficient to fill the needs of his existence. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
How many really capable men are children more than once during the day! — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I believe love to be hurtful to society, and to the individual happiness of men. I believe, in short, that love does… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A man made for public life and authority never takes account of personalities; he only takes account of things, of their weight… — 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