62 Quotes About Napoleon

In war, the moral is to the physical as ten to one.

He [Napoleon] had the defect of all parvenus -- that of having too great an opinion of the class into which he had risen.

Historians are lenient to those who succeed and stern to those who fail; in this, and this alone, they display strong political sense.

I saw the Emperor – this world-soul – riding out of the city on reconnaissance. It is indeed a wonderful sensation to see such an individual, who, concentrated here at a single point, astride a horse, reaches out over the world and masters it.

Quel roman pourtant que ma vie!

Between Napoleon and His army, always choose Napoleon; because He can create a new army, but his army cannot create a new Napoleon!

Madame Tallien shared honors with Josephine Beauharnais in being mistress to Barras, an ex-nobleman and ex-terrorist whose appetite for beautiful women, beautiful young men, and money was the only wholesome trait in his character.

Con los ojos fijos en Napoleón pensaba en la insignificancia de la grandeza, en la insignificancia de la vida cuyo objeto nadie comprendía, en la insignificancia mayor aún de la muerte cuyo sentido permanecía oculto e impenetrable a los humanos

The war against Napoleon was won not by England but by Russia, Austria, and Prussia; but England won the last battle and she won the peace.