Show me a family of readers, and I’ll show you the people who move the world. - Napoleon
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Show me a family of readers, and I’ll show you the people who move the world.
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Napoleon
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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Also Known As
Native Name:
Napulione Buonaparte
Alternative Names:
Napoléon Bonaparte
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Napoleone di Buonaparte
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Empereur des Français Napoléon I
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Napoleon Buonaparte
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Napoleone Bonaparte
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Napoleone Buonaparte
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Napoleon I
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the Corsican Napolean
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The Little Corporal
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Napulione di Buonaparte
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Napoleon I of France
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Napoleone I
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Little Corporal
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Emperador dels Francesos Napoleó I
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Napoleon Bonaparte
I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword.
To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.
Force cannot organize anything.In the long run, the sword is always beaten by the spirit by which I mean the civil and religious institutions of a nation. Napoleon Bonaparte.