Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals. – Napoleon Bonaparte
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. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Imagination rules the world. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy. – Napoleon Bonaparte
History is a set of lies agreed upon. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. – Napoleon Bonaparte
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon. – Napoleon Bonaparte
What is history but a fable agreed upon? – Napoleon Bonaparte
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence and the great welcome them out of vanity or need. – Napoleon Bonaparte
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. – Napoleon Bonaparte
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them. – Napoleon Bonaparte
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god. – Napoleon Bonaparte
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. – Napoleon Bonaparte
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. – Napoleon Bonaparte
There are only two forces that unite men – fear and interest. – Napoleon Bonaparte
It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. – Napoleon Bonaparte
