Napoleon I

Quote: If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: I have only one counsel for you -- be master. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: A Constitution should be short and obscure. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: Character is victory organized. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your tricks of war. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: The future destiny of the child is always the work of the mother. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: Let the path be open to talent. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: Chance is the providence of adventurers. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: My downfall raises me to infinite heights. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: Impossible is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: The art of government is not to let me grow stale. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: Great people are meteors designed to burn so that the earth may be lighted. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon-shots. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: Public instruction should be the first object of government. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: Large legislative bodies resolve themselves into coteries, and coteries into jealousies. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: I made all my generals out of mud. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. [ Napoleon I]

Quote: Greatness be nothing unless it be lasting. [ Napoleon I]

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