Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes - Page 22

Quotes about:

• The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Men, Affair, Individual

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

  8 Copy quote

• I made all my generals out of mud.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Mud, Made

  8 Copy quote

• I know he's a good general, but is he lucky?

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Lucky, Knows

  9 Copy quote

• I have made noise enough in the world already, perhaps too much, and am now getting old, and want retirement.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Retirement, Want, Noise

  16 Copy quote

• Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Character, Men, Delight

  "Memoirs of Napoleon" published by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, (1829-1831).

  6 Copy quote

• It is the business of cavalry to follow up the victory, and to prevent the beaten army from rallying.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Army, Victory

  Napoleon Bonaparte (2012). “Napoleon's Military Maxims”, p.20, Courier Corporation

  8 Copy quote

• If obedience is the result of the instinct of the masses, revolt is the result of their thought.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Revolution, Instinct, Obedience

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

  9 Copy quote

• Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Precaution, Whim, Multitudes

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

  14 Copy quote

• Battles are lost or won in 15 minutes

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Battle, Lost, Minutes

  6 Copy quote

• This year has begun hopefully for right thinkers. After all these centuries of feudal barbarism and political slavery, it is surprising to see how the word of 'liberty' sets minds on fire.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Fire, Years, Political

  Napoleon Bonaparte (2010). “The Corsican: The Virtual Diary of Napoleon Bonaparte”, p.4, Fireship Press

  6 Copy quote

• To listen to the interests of all marks an ordinary government; to foresee them marks a great government.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Government, Ordinary, Mark

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

  8 Copy quote

• The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Crime, Plague, Criminality

  10 Copy quote

• The people excited by ambitious demagogues, sooner or later return into the hands of the Aristocracy.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Hands, People, Ambitious

  4 Copy quote

• Morality has nothing to do with such a man as I am.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Men, Morality

  Attributed in "The Story of World Progress" by Willis Mason West, (p. 433), 1922.

  4 Copy quote

• All men of genius, and all those who have gained rank in the republic of letters, are brothers, whatever may be the land of their nativity.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Brother, Men, Land

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

  5 Copy quote

• In these days the invention of printing, and the diffusion of knowledge, render historical calumnies a little less dangerous: truth will always prevail in the long run, but how slow its progress!

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Running, Long, Historical

  13 Copy quote

• In war, as in love, we must come into contact before we triumph.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Triumph, Contact

  14 Copy quote

• All things proclaim the existence of God.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Existence, God Exists, Existence Of God

  21 Copy quote

• A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Military, War, Fighting

  74 Copy quote

• People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Reading, Play, People

  Napoleon Bonaparte (2008). “The Corsican”, p.469, Wildside Press LLC

  17 Copy quote

• When I was happy I thought I knew men, but it was fated that I should know them in misfortune only.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Men, Should, Knows

  12 Copy quote

• It strengthens the bonds between nations to have the same civil laws and the same monetary system.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Law, Monetary System, Nations

  13 Copy quote

• A man does not have himself killed for a half-pence a day or for a petty distinction.
  You must speak to the soul in order to electrify him

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Military, Men, Order

  13 Copy quote

• A prince should suspect everything.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Should, Suspects

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

  10 Copy quote

• History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Inspirational, War, Past

  9 Copy quote

Page 22 of 35

First

← Prev

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin