Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Cannot, Become, Atheist

France has more need of me than I have need of France.
Napoleon Bonaparte

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Poor, Honest, Remain

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Men, Through, Virtues

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Strength, Strong, Mind

Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Water, Air, Chief

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Medical, Lives, Next

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Give, Cannot, Longer

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Courage, Die, Suffer

What is history but a fable agreed upon?
Napoleon Bonaparte

History, Fable, Agreed

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
Napoleon Bonaparte

History, Forever, Glory

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Courage, Soldier, Endurance

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Politics, Knows, Flatter

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Made, Riches, Possession

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Self, Destiny, Sometimes

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.
Napoleon Bonaparte

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Winner, Both, Chaos

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Fire, Eyes, Soldiers

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Four, Thousand, Newspapers

Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Victory, Belongs

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Religion, Stuff, Quiet

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Love, Around, Space

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Great, Influence, Welcome

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
Napoleon Bonaparte

History, Philosophy, Virtue

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Leader

Born: August 15, 1769

Died: May 5, 1821

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