More from Napoleon Bonaparte

  1. Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but from some …
  2. When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.
  3. Greatness is nothing unless it be lasting.
  4. You cannot treat with all the world at once.
  5. A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
  6. A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.
  7. A leader is a dealer in hope.
  8. A king is sometimes obliged to commit crimes; but they are the crimes of his position.

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