Napoleon Bonaparte
France
15 Aug 1769 // 5 May 1821
General / Emperor
15 Aug 1769 // 5 May 1821
General / Emperor
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It requires more courage to suffer than to die
It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr
In politics stupidity is not a handicap
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
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools
Imagination rules the world
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays