A nation recruits men more easily than it can retrieve its honour. — 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
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
The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences. — 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
How can you have order in a state without religion? For, when one man is dying of hunger near another who is… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I would believe any religion that could prove it had existed since the beginning of the world. But when I see Socrates,… — 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
What are the conditions that make for the superiority of an army? Its internal organization, military habits in officers and men, the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The nature of Christ's existence is mysterious, I admit; but this mystery meets the wants of man. Reject it, and the world… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool, — 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
Men of genius are meteors destined to burn themselves out in lighting up their age. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A man is known by his conduct to his wife, to his family, and to those under him. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities. — 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
