Quotes from Napoleon Bonaparte

Fashion condemns us to many follies; the greatest is to make ourselves its slave.

The most dangerous moment comes with victory.

Genuine victories, the sole conquests yielding no remorse, are those gained over ignorance

No matter where you go, however far away, a part of me will be with you and a part of you, with me, will stay But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love her forever As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.

True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat

Medicines are only fit for old people.

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

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

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.

There are only two forces that unite men fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment.

Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined.

A good sketch is better than a long speech.

Waterloo will wipe out the memory of my forty victories; but that which nothing can wipe out is my Civil Code. That will live forever.

The sentiment of national honor is never more than half extinguished in the French. It takes only a spark to re-kindle it.

Charity and alms are recommended in every chapter of the Koran as being the most acceptable services, both to God and the Prophet.

Order marches with weighty and measured strides; disorder is always in a hurry.

Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors.

A prince should suspect everything.

If I had succeeded, I would have been the greatest man known to history.

Europe is a molehill. It has never had any great empires, like those of the Orient, numbering six hundred million souls.

France will always be a great nation.

In France, only the impossible is admired.

My most splendid campaign was that of March 20; not a single shot was fired.