More from Napoleon Bonaparte

  1. Better not to have been born than to live without glory.
  2. Calumny, envy, and all revengeful passions appear almost exclusively to direct the actions of men.
  3. Authoritarian government required to speak, is silent... Representative government required to speak, lies with impunity.
  4. Ces terribles chevaux gris! Comme ils travaillent!
  5. An emperor confides his trust in National Soldiers, not in mercenaries.
  6. Civil liberty depends upon the security of property.
  7. An army of sheep, led by a lion, is better than an army of lions, led by a sheep.[1]
  8. Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

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