Napoleon1769–1821The quotations of
Napoleon
French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815
1769–1821
48 quotes, most often on War & Peace, Leadership and Courage.
- Speaking about troubles in the invasions of Russia (10 December 1812), as recorded by Abbé du Pradt, and quoted in History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789, to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815, Vol. 3 (1842) by
- Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848), p. 248
- Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
- Speaking about troubles in the invasions of Russia (10 December 1812), as recorded by Abbé du Pradt, and quoted in History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789, to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815, Vol. 3 (1842) …
It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)- Memoirs of Napoleon (1829-1831)
- 3 September 1816. Quoted in Napoleon at St Helena, John Stevens Cabot Abbott, pg 375.
- Statement at Montereau (17 February 1814)
A great people may be killed, but they cannot be intimidated.
Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848)A king is sometimes obliged to commit crimes; but they are the crimes of his position.
Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848)- Napoleon: In His Own Words (1916)
- Statement (1803) as quoted in The Mind of Napoleon (1955) by J. Christopher Herold
- Statement at the beginning of the 1813 campaign, as quoted in The Mind of Napoleon (1955) by J. Christopher Herold, p. 45
