Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
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Famous Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
“It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“Laws which are consistent in theory often prove chaotic in practice.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men.”
“Necessity dominates inclination, will, and right.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“Obedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“Power is what they like - it is the greatest of all aphrodisiacs.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“The superior man is never in anyone's way.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“Whatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species.”
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
Source: Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut
“When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him.”
“Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art.”
“The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread.”
“The unwilling soldier will do anything to fight for a useless fabric piece of ribbon.”
“A man occupied with public or other important business cannot, and need not, attend to spelling.”
“The advance and perfecting of mathematics are closely joined to the prosperity of the nation.”