More from Napoleon Bonaparte

  1. I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them. It did me little good to be holding the helm; no matter how st…
  2. My maxim was, la carriere est ouverte aux talents, without distinction of birth or fortune.
  3. I generally had to give in.
  4. Religions are all founded on miracles - on things we cannot understand, such as the Trinity. Jesus calls himself the Son of God, and yet is…
  5. Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.
  6. Muhammad was a great man, fearless soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Badr, great captain, eloquent, a great man …
  7. Wherever wood can swim, there I am sure to find this flag of England.
  8. Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined.

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