Napoleon Bonaparte
83 quotations
The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
Ten persons who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
If you wish to be success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.
Respect the burden.
A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.
With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
Secrets travel fast in Paris.
One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
Truth alone wounds.
Chance is the providence of adventurers.
Character is victory organized.
A man's palate can, in time, become accustomed to anything.
The most insupportable of tyrannies is that of inferiors.
Vengeance has no foresight.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
The most dangerous moment comes with victory.
The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.
Do you wish to find out the really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your tricks of war.