Quote #60
An emperor confides his trust in National Soldiers, not in mercenaries.
More from Napoleon Bonaparte
- An army of sheep, led by a lion, is better than an army of lions, led by a sheep.[1]
- Authoritarian government required to speak, is silent... Representative government required to speak, lies with impunity.
- An army marches on its stomach.
- Better not to have been born than to live without glory.
- America is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations.
- Better to have a known enemy than a forced ally.
- Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.
- Calumny, envy, and all revengeful passions appear almost exclusively to direct the actions of men.