Napoleon Bonaparte
France
15 Aug 1769 // 5 May 1821
General / Emperor
15 Aug 1769 // 5 May 1821
General / Emperor
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The conscience is the inviolable asylum of the liberty of man
Public instruction should be the first object of government
In matters of government, justice means force as well as virtue
Great men are meteors, consuming themselves to light the world
Friendship is but a name. I love no one
Even in war, moral power is to physical as three parts out of four
Do you know what is more hard to bear than the reverses of fortune? It is the baseness, the hideous ingratitude, of man
Circumstances! I make circumstances
A well-composed song strikes the mind and softens the feelings, and produces a greater effect than a moral work, which convinces our reason, but does not warm our feelings, nor effect the slightest alteration in our habits
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war
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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