Napoleon Bonaparte
Statesman
1769-08-15 – 1821-05-05
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military leader and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution. As Emperor of the French, he reshaped European politics and law before his final exile to Saint Helena.
Books by Napoleon Bonaparte
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The Collected Works of Napoleon Bonaparte
Life & Legacy of the Great French Emperor: Biography, Memoirs & Personal Writings
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Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte
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A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
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An army marches on its stomach.
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I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.
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It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
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There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
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There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
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If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
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In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.
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History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
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When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.
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A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.
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Victory belongs to the most persevering.
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I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.
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The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
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Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.
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You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
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Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
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