Quote #137
People accustomed to great victories, know not how to support a day of reverse.
More from Napoleon Bonaparte
- Passionate people invariably deny their anger, and cowards often boast their ignorance of fear.
- Popes have committed too many absurdities to create a belief in their infallibility.
- One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
- Power is founded on opinion.
- One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
- Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
- Now we are in a fix. Peace has been declared.
- Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.