Quote #64
Calumny, envy, and all revengeful passions appear almost exclusively to direct the actions of men.
More from Napoleon Bonaparte
- Better to have a known enemy than a forced ally.
- Ces terribles chevaux gris! Comme ils travaillent!
- Better not to have been born than to live without glory.
- Civil liberty depends upon the security of property.
- Authoritarian government required to speak, is silent... Representative government required to speak, lies with impunity.
- Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
- An emperor confides his trust in National Soldiers, not in mercenaries.
- Cruelty can only be justified by necessity.