Often paraphrased as “Religion keeps the poor from killing the rich.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
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“If I had succeeded, I would have been the greatest man known to history.”
As quoted in The Tyrants : 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption (2006) by Clive Foss ISBN 1905204965
Attributed
Letter to his brother, as quoted in The Age of Napoleon (2002) by J. Christopher Herold, p. 8
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
On board H.M.S. Bellerophon (August 1815)
“Leave the Artillerymen alone, they are an obstinate lot.”
As quoted in The Dictionary of Military and Naval Quotations (1966) by Robert Heinl, Jr.
Attributed
“Greatness is nothing unless it be lasting.”
Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848)
“In politics, an absurdity is not an impediment.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“More glorious to merit a sceptre than to possess one.”
Memoirs of Napoleon (1829-1831)
“An army ought to be ready every moment to offer all the resistance of which it is capable.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“As a rule it is circumstances that make men.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)