Napoleon Quotes

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances

When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Music is what tell us that the human race is greater than we realize.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

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

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

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

The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.

The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their sole object is gain.

To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.