Quotes from Napoleon Bonaparte

Liberty and equality are magical words.

There is no such thing as an accident, only a failure to recognise the hand of fate

Rashness succeeds often, still more often fails.

All the scholastic scaffolding falls as a ruined edifice before a single word: faith.

Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.

To a father who loves his children victor has no charms. When the heart speaks, glory itself is an illusion.

Passionate people invariably deny their anger, and cowards often boast their ignorance of fear.

There are two levers for moving man -- interest and fear.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

There are two kinds of fidelity, that of dogs and that of cats; you, gentleman, have the fidelity of cats who never leave the house.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

The stupid speak of the past, the wise of the present, and fools of the future.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

What is the future? What is the past? What are we? What is the magic fluid that surrounds us and conceals the things we most need to know? We live and die in the midst of marvels.

Destiny urges me to a goal of which I am ignorant. Until that goal is attained I am invulnerable, unassailable. When Destiny has accomplished her purpose in me, a fly may suffice to destroy me.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

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

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

The only victory over love is flight.

An urgent missive sent to Josephine Home in three days. Don't wash.

To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.