Napoleon Quotes

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)

Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military general who rose dramatically up the ranks of the French Army during the French Revolution, becoming the ruler of France as First Consul of the French Republic (11 November 1799 - 18 May 1804), and then Emperor of the French and King of Italy under the name Napoleon I (18 May 1804 - 6 April 1814, and again briefly from 20 March - 22 June 1815). He died in exile on the island of Saint Helena.

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Native Name: Napulione Buonaparte

Alternative Names: Napoléon Bonaparte • Napoleone di Buonaparte • Empereur des Français Napoléon I • Napoleon Buonaparte • Napoleone Bonaparte • Napoleone Buonaparte • Napoleon I • the Corsican Napolean • The Little Corporal • Napulione di Buonaparte • Napoleon I of France • Napoleone I • Little Corporal • Emperador dels Francesos Napoleó I • Napoleon Bonaparte

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Czar Alexander is my baby daddy.

La muerte no es más que un sueño sin sueños, y, por lo que respecta a mi cuerpo, se convertirá en zanahorias o nabos.

Смерть — ничто, но жить побежденным означает умирать каждый день.

the first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue

The moral is to the physical as three is to one.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

Ground I may recover, time never.

Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less chary of the latter than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never.

La stratégie est l'art de faire usage du temps et de l'espace. Je suis moins avare de celui-ci que du premier. L'espace, on peut le récupérer ; le temps perdu, jamais.

Religious wars are basically people killing each other over who has the better imaginary friend.

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

A constitution should be short and obscure.

Give them a whiff of grapeshot.

An army of sheep, led by a lion, is better than an army of lions, led by a sheep.

Able was I ere I saw Elba.