Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte, page 2

Napoleon Bonaparte - french military and political leader

Was born on 15 aug 1769.
Died on 05 may 1821, at 51 years old.

Origin country: France

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

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about death, nothing

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

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about world

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about nation

Every soldier carries a marshall's baton in his pack.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

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

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

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about need

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about glory

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.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about ambition, character, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about defeat, being

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

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about history

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

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about events, past, history, people

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about secret

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

I have only one counsel for you - be master.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about moral

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.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about love, power, artists

I made all my generals out of mud.

If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius where reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others;...

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about unforeseen, circumstances, genius, thinking