Quote #138
Popes have committed too many absurdities to create a belief in their infallibility.
More from Napoleon Bonaparte
- People accustomed to great victories, know not how to support a day of reverse.
- Power is founded on opinion.
- Passionate people invariably deny their anger, and cowards often boast their ignorance of fear.
- Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
- One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
- Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
- One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.
- Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.