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Napoléon Bonaparte Citations
“Une société sans religion est comme un vaisseau sans boussole”
Allocution aux curés de Milan, 5 juin 1800
Sur la religion
“C'est à ma mère que je dois toute ma fortune et tout ce que j'ai fait de bien.”
Citation prononcée à Saint-Hélène
Sur sa famille, Letizia Bonaparte
Lettre du 30 juillet 1806 de Napoléon à son frère Joseph, lors de l'accession de celui-ci au trône de Naples en 1806
“En amour, la seule victoire, c'est la fuite.”
Extrait des Maximes et pensées.
Sur la religion
“Voilà le soleil d'Austerlitz!”
[7, septembre, 1812] , Napoléon à ses troupes avant la bataille de la Moskova (Borodino) afin de galvaniser ses hommes et les pousser à rééditer leur exploit de 1805 à Austerlitz.
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Napoléon Bonaparte: Citations en anglais
Robert G. Ingersoll, The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child
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The earliest publication yet located of this famous palindrome is in the "Witty and Whimsical" section of The Saturday Reader, Vol. II, No. 30 (31 March 1866), p. 64:
It is said that Napoleon, when asked by Dr. O'Meara if he really thought he could have invaded England at the time he threatened to do so, replied in the following ingenious anagram [sic]: — "Able was I ere I saw Elba." The reader will Observe that it reads the same backward or forward.
Of such attributions to Napoleon, there is little credence, as stated by William Irvine in Madam I'm Adam and Other Palindromes (1987): "The well-known ABLE WAS I, ERE I SAW ELBA, for example, is conveniently attributed to Napoleon, whose knowledge of English wordplay was certainly questionable, at best." There is no mention of such a palindrome in O'Meara's own work, Napoleon in Exile : or, A Voice from St. Helena (1822).
Misattributed
“The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Variante: It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity, that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.
“A great people may be killed, but they cannot be intimidated.”
Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848)
“A good sketch is better than a long speech.”
Un bon croquis vaut mieux qu'un long discours.
Quoted in L'Arche de Noé (1968) by Marie-Madeleine Fourcade, p. 48; this has sometimes also been translated as "A picture is worth a thousand words", though it is not known to be the origin of that English expression.
Attributed
“Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“Power is founded upon opinion.”
Source: Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848), p. 248
Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848)
“War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“An army of sheep, led by a lion, is better than an army of lions, led by a sheep.”
Attributed to Napoleon in Napoleon (1941) by Yevgeny Tarle, this is a variant of an ancient proverb often attributed to many military and political figures, including Alexander the Great, and the even earlier figure Chabrias (Χαβρίας).
Misattributed
“What is the government? nothing, unless supported by opinion.”
Source: Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848), p. 242
“Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“An army ought to be ready every moment to offer all the resistance of which it is capable.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“Greatness is nothing unless it be lasting.”
Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848)
“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
On board H.M.S. Bellerophon (August 1815)