More from Napoleon Bonaparte

  1. America is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations.
  2. An army of sheep, led by a lion, is better than an army of lions, led by a sheep.[1]
  3. Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.
  4. An emperor confides his trust in National Soldiers, not in mercenaries.
  5. All men are equal before God: wisdom, talents, and virtue are the only difference between them.
  6. Authoritarian government required to speak, is silent... Representative government required to speak, lies with impunity.
  7. Ah, tenez, vous etes de la merde dans un bas de soie.
  8. Better not to have been born than to live without glory.

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