500 Quotes by Napoleon

Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one’s friends with the idea that they may turn into one’s enemies. He should have said, with everyone.

Alexander, Charlemagne and myself all tried to found an empire on force and we failed. Jesus Christ is building an empire on love, and today there are millions of people who would gladly die for His sake.

England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.

The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.

My business is to succeed, and I’m good at it. I create my Iliad by my actions, create it day by day.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

Liberty and equality are magical words.

If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.

The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread.