When a man is a favorite of Fortune she never takes him unawares, and, however astonishing her favors may be, she finds… — 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
I am conquered less by fortune than by the egotism and ingratitude of my companions in arms. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“My maxim was, la carrière est ouverte aux talents, without distinction of birth or fortune.” — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The best way to make every one poor is to insist on equality of wealth. — 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
The advance and perfecting of mathematics are closely joined to the prosperity of the nation. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“The advancement and perfection of mathematics are ultimately connected with the prosperity of the state.” — Napoléon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Society cannot exist without inequality of fortunes and the inequality of fortunes could not subsist without religion. Whenever a half-starved person is… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I closed the gulf of anarchy and brought order out of chaos. I rewarded merit regardless of birth or wealth, wherever I… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The true wealth of a state consists in the number of its inhabitants, in their toil and industry. — 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
