Quotes by Bonaparte, Napoleon
Napoleon is the French leader famed for his military successes and for not quite conquering Europe. Starting as a second lieutenant in the French artillery, he rose quickly through the ranks until he became First Consul of France. (Later he crowned himself Emperor.) He led his armies to victory after victory, and by 1807 he ruled territory that stretched from Portugal to Italy and north to the river Elbe. But his attempts to conquer the rest of Europe failed; a defeat in Moscow in 1812 nearly destroyed his empire, and his 1815 loss to the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo finished the job. He was sent into exile on the island of St. Helena, where he died in 1821. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your own bio in the forums.
"Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on decisions
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"Let the path be open to talent."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on direction
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"Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on doctors
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"My downfall raises me to infinite heights."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on failure
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"There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on fanatics and fanaticism
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"There are only two forces that unite men -- fear and interest."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on fear
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"Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest"
Bonaparte, Napoleon on fear
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"He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on fear
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"A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on freedom
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"The future destiny of the child is always the work of the mother."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on the future
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"Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on glory
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"Great people are meteors designed to burn so that the earth may be lighted."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on greatness
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"Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on greatness
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"From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on history and historians
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"We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on humor
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"The human race is governed by its imagination."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on imagination
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"Imagination rules the world."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on imagination
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"Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on impossibility
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"A leader is a dealer in hope."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on leadership
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"When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on leadership
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"An order that can be misunderstood will be misunderstood."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on leadership
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"The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on army and navy
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"The only victory over love is flight."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on love
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"It is the cause, not the death that makes the martyr."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on art
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"The best cure for the body is a quiet mind."
Bonaparte, Napoleon on medicine
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