“AMBITION IS NEVER content, even at the summit of greatness,” Napoleon declared.” — Kate Williams Copy Share Image
The history of Napoleon now becomes, for 12 momentous years, the history of mankind. — John Holland Rose Copy Share Image
Do you know how short you have to be to have a Napoleon complex in North Korea? — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
He looked up at them, a scruffy Napoleon with his laces trailing, exiled to a rose-trellised Elba. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I always played male roles in the school play - including Napoleon. — Tara Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Napoleon wanted his generals to be lucky. I don't think he would have worked with me. — Graham Taylor Copy Share Image
I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
Well, there it is. That's Jeeves. Where others merely smite the brow and clutch the hair, he acts. Napoleon was the same. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“What did Danton lose his head for, or why was there a Napoleon, if it wasn't to make a nobility of us… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
“A provisional government was appointed on April 1 (it consisted mainly of Talleyrand's whist partners), and the following day the Senate, on… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a… — Alexander Herzen Copy Share Image
“There is one thing alone to do in this world and that is to keep acquiring money and more money, power and… — Kate Williams Copy Share Image
No one's ever done what AC/DC did out of anywhere, really. Conquered the world, mate, that was the idea from the start.… — Phil Rudd Copy Share Image
I got a dog with a Napoleon complex. I have a Napoleon complex. We're small. Anything big that we feel is threatening… — Kevin Hart Copy Share Image
Here lies Captain Ernest Bloomfield Accidentally shot by his Orderly, March 2nd, 1789 Well done, thou good and faithful servant — John Clare Copy Share Image
There are certain historical figures of such importance that we need to know everything about them, which is why books about Napoleon,… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
There are a lot of hardcore 'Napoleon' fans, and they do the research and find photos of what I look like when… — Aaron Ruell Copy Share Image
“Napoleon was convinced his system of sound money could defeat the vaporous credit creation of the British. He felt that people would… — Kelly Mitchell Copy Share Image
“But those were Frenchmen and you can work out military problems clearly when you are fighting in somebody else's country." "Yes," I… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
That was after Napoleon died because there is still a controversy as to whether Napoleon was poisoned with arsenic. And the French… — Michael Baden Copy Share Image
Few are born bold. Even Napoleon had to cultivate the habit on the battlefield, where he knew it was a matter of… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
The Allies had made war on Napoleon as a tyrant and an oppressor of nations; yet once they had him out of… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
“I like that quote, but Napoleon was a fool, drunk on his own perceived invincibility. He could have ruled the world had… — Tom Wood Copy Share Image
“A little while ago, I stood by the grave of the old Napoleon —a magnificent tomb of gilt and gold, fit almost… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“When people speak of great men, they think of men like Napoleon - men of violence. Rarely do they think of peaceful… — Charles Fox Copy Share Image
Although extraordinary valor was displayed by the entire corps of Spartans and Thespians, yet bravest of all was declared the Spartan Dienekes.… — Herodotus Copy Share Image
“By common consent the eminent man of the time was Napoleon Bonaparte, the revolution queller, the burgher sovereign, the imperial democrat, the… — William Milligan Sloane Copy Share Image
“Napoleon taught the world, or perhaps only satisfied a latent longing and gave it shape and hope, to want to be rewarded,… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
When it is impossible to stretch the very elastic threads of historical ratiocination any farther, when actions are clearly contrary to all… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“Of all public figures and benefactors of mankind, no one is loved by history more than the literary patron. Napoleon was just… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“The Constitution, the National Assembly, the dynastic parties, the blue and the red republicans, the heroes of Africa, the thunder from the… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
Napoleon never liked the word impossible; if he had liked it, he wouldn't be Napoleon! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
