500 Quotes by Napoleon

There is no such thing as an accident, only a failure to recognise the hand of fate.

Power is what they like – it is the greatest of all aphrodisiacs.

I am a soldier and accustomed to risking my life every day. I am full of the fire of youth; I cannot act with the restraint of an accomplished diplomat.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

What is the future? What is the past? What are we? What is the magic fluid that surrounds us and conceals the things we most need to know? We live and die in the midst of marvels.

Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other.

I have fought sixty battles, and I have learnt nothing which I did not know at the beginning.

Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, ’tis better than cannon.

Man loves the marvelous. It has an irresistible charm for him. He is always ready to leave that with which he is familiar to pursue vain inventions. He lends himself to his own deception.