Quotes By Napoleon Bonaparte

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

War is the business of barbarians.

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.

Medicines are only fit for old people.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

An army marches on its stomach.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

All religions have been made by men.

There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.

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

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

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

The human race is governed by its imagination.