The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
How many really capable men are children more than once during the day! — 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
Ordinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
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
It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense; he is always satisfied with himself. — 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
A man occupied with public or other important business cannot, and need not, attend to spelling. — 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
What I have done up to this is nothing. I am only at the beginning of the course I must run. Do… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very… — 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
Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always… — 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
Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The nature of Christ is, I grant it, from one end to another, a web of mysteries; but this mysteriousness does not… — 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
The public spirit is in the hands of the man who knows how to make use of it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
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
Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
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
There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
