976 Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

I closed the gulf of anarchy and brought order out of chaos. I rewarded merit regardless of birth or wealth, wherever I found it. I abolished feudalism and restored equality to all regardless of religion and before the law. I fought the decrepit monarchies of the Old Regime because the alternative was the destruction of all this. I purified the Revolution.

The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes.

Whatever misanthropists may say, ingrates and the perverse are exceptions in the human species.

Give me a man with a good allowance of nose, . . . when I want any good head-work done I choose a man--provided his education has been suitable--with a long nose.

A well-composed song strikes the mind and softens the feelings, and produces a greater effect than a moral work, which convinces our reason, but does not warm our feelings, nor effect the slightest alteration in our habits

Public morals are natural complements of all laws: they are by themselves an entire code.

War is 90% information.

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

Good infantry is without doubt the sinews of an army; but if it has to fight a long time against very superior artillery, it will become demoralized and will be destroyed.