Napoleon Quotes

It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

The moral is to the physical as three is to one

التاريخ ليس سوى كذبة متفق عليها !

L'imagination gouverne le monde.

War is the business of barbarians.

One must never ask more from fortune than she can grant.

A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.

A great people may be killed, but they cannot be intimidated.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

The praises of enemies are always to be suspected. A man of honor will not permit himself to be flattered by them, except when they are given after the cessation of hostilities.

There is no subordination with empty stomachs.

All the scholastic scaffolding
falls, as a ruined edifice,
before one single word — faith.

I generally had to give in.