Expressions of Napoleon Bonaparte. Quotes about Napoleon - dslinkov — LiveJournal

My personality depends on the circumstances. Sometimes they see me as a fox, sometimes I become a lion with a fluffy mane. The secret is in the time and place of his transformation.

For an idle person, love is an occupation, for brave warriors it is entertainment, and an underwater reef is for the sovereign of the empire. – B. Napoleon

The brave hero plays a blitz chess game on the battlefield to checkmate, regardless of the final.

Fools are always pleased with themselves and society, which differs from an educated person with a far-sighted character.

Endurance, stamina and patience - these are my requirements for soldiers. Courage and courage are secondary matters.

Customs make you do stupid things, and I don’t want to become their slave.

Bonaparte Napoleon: The theater of military operations is the commander's chessboard. The choice of place determines the ability of the military leaders or the ignorance of the generals, where everyone plays by his own rules.

Justice protects the social order by bringing order to society. Judges are always in sight, their place is in the box of the social hierarchy in elite places. All honors to judges are appropriate and necessary for the service of duty. Signs of respect cannot become excessive for judges due to responsibility and enormous risk.

The art of management is to send people on time for a well-deserved rest, gradually updating personnel.

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The latter are always right.

Military forces are not enough to defend the country, while the country defended by the people is invincible.

The surest way to keep your word is not to give it.

Victory is not won by numbers. Alexander defeated 300,000 Persians at the head of 20,000 Macedonians.

In misfortune, they usually do not respect the one in whom greatness was previously revered.

General, you are exactly one head taller than me, but if you are rude to me, I will immediately eliminate this difference.

Success is the most eloquent speaker in the world.

To wage war, I need three things: first, money, second, money, and third, money.

Big politics is just common sense applied to big things.

Remember that I have a habit of either winning or staying on the battlefield!

Prostitutes are a must. Otherwise, men would attack decent women in the streets.

The last word always remains with public opinion.

A journalist is a street cleaner working with a pen.

What does a million human lives mean to a man like me?

Wake me up only if bad news comes; and if good - in any case.

I am either a fox or a lion. The whole secret of management is knowing when to be this or that.

It turns out that out of a hundred former royal favorites, at least ninety-five were hanged.

First you need to get involved in a serious fight, and then you'll see.

More likely to meet a good ruler who came to power by inheritance than by election.

The art of war is a science in which nothing succeeds except what is carefully calculated and carefully thought out.

These pathetic trinkets can control people!

There are two levers that can move people, fear and self-interest.

Marriage should not be granted to couples who have known each other for less than six months.

Only those who want to deceive and rule the people can keep them ignorant.

Never consider what party a person who seeks justice from you belonged to.

The leader is like a merchant who has invested his money in a business and expects a profit.

It is very difficult to manage if done in good faith.

Those who are ready to take control must be prepared for the fact that they want to kill them.

Public opinion is a public wench.

Politics has no heart, only a head.

Love is a stupid thing done together.

Marriage is not provided for by nature.

What is history but a lie that everyone agrees on?

The great and beautiful truths of the French Revolution will live forever - with such brilliance, such monuments, such miracles we have surrounded them! These truths will remain immortal. We washed away the first stains of the revolution with floods of glory.

Medicine is a collection of illogical prescriptions that do more harm than good.

You can make a stop during the ascent, but not during the descent.

Success is what creates great people.

Revolutions are made with the belly.

Strength is never funny.

Write briefly and clearly.

The sages are elevated by the calamities that have befallen them, and the fools are finally broken.

Wise men are above calamities, and fools are below them.

He who stands high and in front of everyone should not allow himself impetuous movements.

The cowardly one flees from the one who is wickeder than him; the strongest wins over the weak: this is the origin of political right.

Put a swindler in plain sight and he will act like an honest man.

The art of management is not to let people grow old in their position.

The big battalions are always right.

True heroism consists in being above the misfortunes of life.

It is easier to make laws than to execute them.

Do you want to know if your friends are reliable? For this, one must be in misfortune.

Those who cannot speak will not make a career.

The people, like women, have only one right: to be governed.

Among those who seek death, there are few who find it at the very time when it would be to their advantage.

The throne is just a chair upholstered in velvet.

He who prefers wealth to glory is a spendthrift who takes from the usurer and is ruined on interest.

Common sense creates gifted people; self-love is just the wind that blows the sails and leads their ship straight to the pier.

Only the truth is offensive.

If you want to succeed in this world, promise everything and deliver nothing.

Nothing so numerically multiplies battalions as success.

A whip and spurs are needed to control the seal.

Anything can be done with bayonets; you just can't sit on them.

Victory belongs to the most stubborn.

Revolution is a conviction backed by bayonets.

The French sense of national honor always smolders under the ashes. Just a spark is enough to ignite it.

In love, the only victory is flight.

Impossibility is a word from the dictionary of fools.

In every big business, you always have to leave some part to chance.

When they say about a monarch that he is kind, it means that he is not good for hell.

I showered gold on my companions: but I had to understand that, having become rich, a person no longer wants to expose himself to mortal danger.

Success is what makes great people.

History is just a version of what happened as we interpret it.

You must first get involved in the battle, and then we'll see.

God fights on the side that, other things being equal, has more troops.

If you put rams at the head of lions, then lions become rams, but vice versa, even a ram will have a lion's heart.

The greatest of all immorality is to take on a job that you do not know how to do.

When the enemy makes a mistake, you should not interfere with him. It's not polite.

There are two levers that can move people - fear and self-interest.

The nations, the people, the armies, all the French, must not forget their past, for it is their glory.

There is nothing more arrogant than powerlessness that feels supported.

In essence, the name and form of government are of no importance: if only justice is provided to all citizens, if they are equal in rights, the state is well governed.

The greatest general is the one who makes the fewest mistakes.

Everyone is right in their own way.

One bad commander-in-chief is better than two good ones.

Each soldier's pack contains a marshal's baton.

Wake me up only if bad news comes; and if they are good, no way.

There are no fearless people among those who have something to lose.

From the great to the ridiculous one step.

Immeasurable are the depths of baseness to which man can fall.

An ignoramus has a great advantage over an educated person - he is always pleased with himself.

Chance rules the world.

An army of rams led by a lion will always triumph over an army of lions led by a ram.

It is in the interests of the state that officials be constantly replaced: if this principle is not observed, then appanage possessions and seigneurial justice inevitably appear.

A people that does not want to feed its own army will soon be forced to feed someone else's.

Soldiers are figures who solve political problems.

A beautiful woman is pleasing to the eyes, but kind to the heart; one is a beautiful thing, and the other a treasure.

One bad commander in chief is better than two good ones.

Wealth does not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use that they know how to give them.

Governments in which opposing opinions are expressed are good as long as peace reigns.

God gave me a crown. Woe to whoever touches her.

In revolutions, we encounter two kinds of people: those who make them and those who use them for their own purposes.

The human spirit has not yet matured for the rulers to do what they must do, and the ruled to do what they want.

Prostitutes are a must. Otherwise, men would attack decent women in the streets.

It is bad if young people comprehend the art of war from books: this is a sure way to educate bad generals.

A state without religion is like a ship without a compass.

Impossibility is a word from the dictionary of fools.

You can stop when you rise, but not when you fall.

Military art is the art of being stronger than the enemy at a certain moment.

Great careers, great achievements are born from the meeting of character, genius and luck.

There is no strength without skill.

Those who seek happiness in luxury and extravagance are like those who prefer the brilliance of candles to the radiance of the sun.

Everyone is right in their own way.

Anyone who does not seek to earn the respect of his contemporaries is not worthy of it.

The battle was won not by the one who gave good advice, but by the one who took responsibility for its implementation and ordered it to be carried out.

Skillful flatterers are usually no less skillful slanderers.

Love for the motherland is the first virtue of a civilized person.

In order to destroy the fatherland, even one villain is enough: there have been many examples of this in history.

A man who allows himself to be pushed around by a woman is neither a man nor a woman, but simply nothing.

The most important thing in politics is to follow your end: the means mean nothing.

In order for the people to gain true freedom, it is necessary that those who are ruled be sages, and those who govern are gods.

There should be no half-responsibility in management: it inevitably leads to the concealment of waste and non-enforcement of laws.

Fortune follows a great man.

Chance is the only and legitimate king of the universe.

There are no roads in Russia - only directions.

Emperor of the French in 1804-1815, a great commander and statesman who laid the foundations of the modern French state. Bonaparte began his professional military service in 1785 with the rank of second lieutenant.

Quotes and aphorisms

There are two levers for managing people: the first is personal gain, and the second is money.

The Russians turned out to be worthy of being invincible.

Give a man power and you will know who he is.

A fool has a great advantage over an educated person: he is always pleased with himself.

A beautiful woman pleases the eyes, but a kind heart; one is a beautiful thing, and the other a treasure.

It is not for those who do not agree with you, but for those who do not agree with you and are afraid to tell you about it.

Impossibility is a word from the dictionary of fools.

And Alexander of Macedon, Augustus Caesar, Charlemagne and myself founded vast empires. And on what basis did these creations of our geniuses take place? Based on violence. Only Jesus Christ founded his empire by love... And be sure that they were all real people, but none of them was like Him; Jesus Christ is more than a man... Eighteen hundred years away, Jesus Christ makes a difficult claim that surpasses all other claims. He asks for a human heart.

Stupid things never make us smart.

The imagination rules the world.

Immeasurable are the depths of baseness to which man can fall.

And a story is a version of past events that people have chosen to agree with.

Love is stupidity done together.

If you want to achieve a goal, you need to move at least a little towards it every day.

One dishonest accountant is more terrible than the army of the enemy.

You are not taller than me, you are longer.

16 quotes from Napoleon Bonaparte updated: March 2, 2016 by: website

August 15, 1769 was born the great commander, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. In just a few years, he managed to conquer almost all of Europe. We decided to compile a list of Bonaparte's most striking quotes

About love.
A beautiful woman is pleasing to the eyes, but kind to the heart; one is a beautiful thing, and the other a treasure.
Love for an idle person is an occupation, for a warrior it is entertainment, for a sovereign it is a pitfall.
A man who allows himself to be pushed around by a woman is neither a man nor a woman, but simply nothing.
Marriage is not provided for by nature.
Prostitutes are a must. Otherwise, men would attack decent women in the streets.
In love, the only victory is flight.
Love is a stupid thing done together.

Philosophical.
Wake me up only if bad news comes; and if good - in any case.
The surest way to keep your word is not to give it.
In misfortune, they usually do not respect the one in whom greatness was previously revered.
In every big business, you always have to leave some part to chance.
There are no roads in Russia - only directions.
Skillful flatterers are usually no less skillful slanderers.
Everyone is right in their own way.
The sages are elevated by the calamities that have befallen them, and the fools are finally broken.
Impossibility is a word from the dictionary of fools.
You can stop when you rise, but not when you fall.
From the great to the ridiculous one step.
Write briefly and clearly.
Glory wears out.
Chance rules the world.
Only the truth is offensive.
The fool has a great advantage over the educated man: he is always pleased with himself.
Success is what creates great people.
You have to want to live and know how to die.
Inspiration is a quick calculation.
The leader is the merchant of hope.
You should not be afraid of those who do not agree with you, but of those who do not agree with you and are afraid to tell you about it.
The greatest of all immorality is to take on a job that you do not know how to do.
History is just a version of what happened as we interpret it.
There are two levers that can move people - fear and self-interest.

About the army.
One bad commander-in-chief is better than two good ones.
It is bad if young people comprehend the art of war from books: this is a sure way to educate bad generals.
From a soldier, first of all, endurance and patience are required, courage is a second matter.
Each soldier's pack contains a marshal's baton.
A people that does not want to feed its own army will soon be forced to feed someone else's.
Soldiers are figures who solve political problems.
I showered gold on my companions: but I had to understand that, having become rich, a person no longer wants to expose himself to mortal danger.
The enemy can be forgiven, but first he must be destroyed.
You can do anything with bayonets, but you can’t sit on them.

About war.
First you need to get involved in a serious fight, and then you'll see.
An army of rams led by a lion will always triumph over an army of lions led by a ram.
Military forces are not enough to defend the country, while a country defended by the people is invincible.
To wage war, I need three things: first, money, second, money, and third, money.
The art of war is a science in which nothing succeeds except what is carefully calculated and carefully thought out.
Revolutions are made with the belly.
When the enemy makes a mistake, you should not interfere with him. It's not polite.

On the administration of the state.
Big politics is just common sense applied to big things.
There should be no half-responsibility in management: it inevitably leads to the concealment of waste and non-enforcement of laws.
It is very difficult to manage if done in good faith.
The art of management is not to let people grow old in their position.
Those who cannot speak will not make a career.
It is easier to make laws than to follow them.
The most important thing in politics is to follow your end: the means mean nothing.
When they say about a monarch that he is kind, it means that he is not good for hell.
Politics has no heart, only a head.

About religion.
A people without religion is a miserable ship without a compass. Without religion, a person walks in darkness. Only religion points man to his beginning and end. Christ is useful to the state.

About medicine.
Medicine is a collection of illogical prescriptions that do more harm than good.

Napoleon Bonaparte is a famous historical figure, commander and politician, conqueror and extraordinary person.
Napoleon is the man who always did what could help get what he wanted. There have always been various rumors around his death and personal life. This man had not only friends, but also worst enemies. The famous aphorisms and sayings of Napoleon allow contemporaries to understand how the great man lived and what he had in his life that they will talk about forever.

The wisest and most famous sayings of Napoleon Bonaparte

1. "Impossible" is not French.
2. Anarchy always leads to absolutism.
3. Security and property can only exist in a state where the tax rate does not change every year.
4. God fights on the side that, other things being equal, has more troops.
5. God fights on the side of those who have better artillery.
6. Wealth does not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use that they know how to give them.
7. Big politics is just common sense applied to big things.
8. More likely to meet a good ruler who came to power by inheritance than by election.
9. The big battalions are always right.
10. We should not be afraid of those who do not agree with you, but of those who do not agree with you and are afraid to tell you about it.
11. Wake me up only if bad news comes, and if good - in any case.
12. In financial matters, the best way to get a loan is not to use it.
13. It is in the interests of the state that officials be constantly replaced: if this principle is not observed, then appanage possessions and seigneurial justice inevitably appear.
14. In misfortune, they usually do not respect the one in whom greatness was previously revered.
15. In revolutions, we encounter two kinds of people: those who make them and those who use them for their own purposes.
16. There are no roads in Russia - only directions.
17. There should be no half-responsibility in management: it inevitably leads to the concealment of waste and non-enforcement of laws.
18. A well-governed country needs a dominant religion and priests dependent on the state.
19. In great trials, the lot of a woman is to soften our failures.
20. In every big business, you always have to leave some part to chance.
21. In love, the only victory is flight.
22. In politics, stupidity is not a flaw.
    
23. Each soldier's pack contains a marshal's baton.
24. In essence, the name and form of government are of no importance: if only justice is provided to all citizens, if they are equal in rights, the state is well governed.
25. Inspiration is a quick calculation.
26. The great and beautiful truths of the French Revolution will live forever - with such brilliance, such monuments, such miracles we have surrounded them! These truths will remain immortal. We washed away the first stains of the revolution with floods of glory.
27. Great careers, great achievements are born from the meeting of character, genius and luck.
28. Great people are like meteors: they flashed and burned, illuminating the world.
29. The surest way to keep your word is not to give it.
30. It is very difficult to manage if done in good faith.
31. Instead of a whip, I ruled honor.
32. Military forces are not enough to defend the country, while a country defended by the people is invincible.
33. The leader is like a merchant who has invested his money in a business and expects a profit.
34. War is made up of unforeseen events.
35. An army of rams led by a lion will always triumph over an army of lions led by a ram.
36. Imagination rules the world.
37. The enemy can be forgiven, but first he must be destroyed.
38. All religions were invented by people.
39. Always alone among people, I return to my dreams only alone with myself.
40. Every leader of a party should know how to use the enthusiasm of his supporters, for there is no party that does not have its ardent supporters. And the greatest commander at the head of his soldiers, devoid of fighting spirit, turns out to be a complete mediocrity.
41. You are not taller than me, you are longer.
42. Do you want to know if your friends are reliable? For this, one must be in misfortune.
43. The battle was won not by the one who gave good advice, but by the one who took responsibility for its implementation and ordered it to be carried out.
44. General, you are exactly one head taller than me, but if you are rude to me, I will immediately eliminate this difference.
45. Men of genius are meteors, destined to burn out in order to illuminate their age.
46. Genius lies in the ability to distinguish difficult from impossible.
    
47. The main thing is to get involved in a fight, and then we'll see!
48. A state without religion is like a ship without a compass.
49. A hussar who is not killed at the age of 30 is not a hussar, but rubbish!
50. In order to destroy the fatherland, even one villain is enough: there have been many examples of this in history.
51. Give a man power and you will know who he is.
52. To wage war, I need three things: first, money, second, money, and third, money.
53. For religion, ministers of worship are the same as officials for the authorities.
54. In order for the people to gain true freedom, it is necessary that those who are ruled be sages, and those who rule are gods.
55. A whip and spurs are needed to control the seal.
56. The fool has a great advantage over the educated man: he is always pleased with himself.
57. If I had Cossacks, I would conquer the whole world.
58. If you don't like dogs, you don't like fidelity? you do not love those who are faithful to you, therefore you cannot be faithful.
59. If you want to succeed in this world, promise everything and deliver nothing.
60. If you put rams at the head of lions, then lions become rams, but vice versa, even a ram will have a lion's heart.
61. There are two levers that can move people: fear and self-interest.
62. There are thieves who will never be punished, even though they steal the most valuable thing from us: TIME.
63. The bullet that can strike me has not yet been cast!
64. The journalist is a street cleaner working with a pen.
65. I have made many mistakes in my life, but the greatest was the handing over of my person to the English: I believed that they followed the laws of honor.
66. Common sense creates gifted people, pride is just the wind that blows the sails and leads their ship straight to the pier.
67. Of the hundred former royal favorites, at least ninety-five were hanged.
68. Of two hearts, one is always warm and the other cold. a cold heart is more valuable than diamonds, but a warm one has no price and is thrown away...
69. Skillful flatterers are usually no less skillful slanderers.
70. The art of war is a science in which nothing succeeds except what is carefully calculated and carefully thought out.
71. The art of management is not to let people grow old in their position.
72. True heroism consists in being above the misfortunes of life.
73. A true hero plays a chess game during the battle, regardless of its outcome.
74. History is a version of past events that people have chosen to agree with.
75. History is made up of lies that everyone believes.
76. Everyone is right in their own way.
    
77. What a fascinating novel, my life.
78. What is the meaning of fate now? Politics is destiny!
79. When a sovereign stains himself with at least one crime, all the rest are attributed to him.
80. When nations stop complaining, they stop thinking.
81. When the enemy makes a mistake, you should not interfere with him. It's not polite.
82. When a king is said to have been good, it means that his reign failed.
83. When they say about a monarch that he is kind, it means that he is not good for hell.
84. Dig a Russian and find a Tatar!
85. A beautiful woman pleases the eyes, and a kind woman pleases the heart. One is a beautiful thing, and the other is a treasure.
86. Strong coffee resurrects me. It brings me warmth, amazing energy, and pain, which is pleasure.
87. Who is afraid of being defeated is sure of defeat.
88. Those who cannot speak will not make a career.
89. He who stands high and in front of everyone should not allow himself impetuous movements.
90. Who knows how to flatter, knows how to slander.
91. It is easier to make laws than to follow them.
92. The leader is the merchant of hope.
93. The best treatment for the body is to calm the nerves.
94. The best speaker in the world - success.
95. The best way to keep your promise is to never give it.
96. Love is a stupid thing done together.
97. Love for an idle person is an occupation, for a warrior it is entertainment, for a sovereign it is a pitfall.
98. Love for the motherland is the first virtue of a civilized person.
99. I owe my mother my happy fate and all the good things I have done in my life.
100. Medicine is a collection of illogical prescriptions that do more harm than good.
101. Among those who seek death, there are few who find it at the very time when it would be to their advantage.
102. The place of hostilities is the general's chessboard, it is his choice that reveals the ability or ignorance of the commander.
103. You can win the fight, but lose the battle;
104. You can win the campaign but lose the war.
105. My true mistress is power.
106. My glory is that she will live forever.
107. The sages are elevated by the calamities that have befallen them, and the fools are finally broken.
108. Wise men are above disasters, and fools are below them.
109. A man should sleep four hours, a woman six; only children and stuffed fools sleep for more than six hours.
110. A man who allows himself to be pushed around by a woman is neither a man nor a woman, but simply nothing.
111. Men rule the world and women rule the night.
112. On the battlefield, the most dangerous are allegedly the ideal military genius and the absolute idiot, with the odds on the side of the idiot, since his actions are completely impossible to foresee. - attributed
113. There are two powerful forces in the world: the saber and the spirit. Ultimately, the spirit defeats the saber.
114. The greatest of all immorality is to take on a job that you do not know how to do.
115. A people without religion is a miserable ship without a compass. Without religion, a person walks in darkness. Only religion points man to his beginning and end. Christ is useful to the state.
116. A people that does not want to feed its own army will soon be forced to feed someone else's.
117. The nations, the people, the armies, all the French, must not forget their past, for it is their glory.
118. Keeping people from growing old is the great art of management.
119. Do not look for malicious intent where everything can be explained by stupidity.
120. Marriage should not be granted to couples who have known each other for less than six months.
121. An ignoramus has a great advantage over an educated person: he is always pleased with himself.
122. Impossibility is a word from the dictionary of fools.
123. Immeasurable are the depths of baseness to which man can fall.
124. There is nothing more arrogant than the impotence that feels supported.
125. There are no fearless people among those who have something to lose.
126. The ignoramus is only boring, the pedant is insufferable.
     
127. Never consider what party a person who seeks justice from you belonged to.
128. Never interrupt your opponent when he makes a mistake.
129. Nothing so numerically multiplies battalions as success.
130. You must first get involved in the battle, and then we'll see.
131. You have to want to live and know how to die.
132. Public opinion is a public wench.
133. A society without religion is like a ship without a compass.
134. Without religion, a person walks in darkness. Only religion points man to his beginning and end. Jesus Christ is useful to the state.
135. Custom condemns us to many foolish things; the biggest of them is to become his slave.
136. Custom forces us to do many foolish things; the biggest is to become his slave.
137. Usually soldiers win battles, and generals get honors.
138. One bad commander-in-chief is better than two good ones.
139. It turns out that out of a hundred former royal favorites, at least ninety-five were hanged.
140. She, no matter how you look at her, is the most reliable guarantee for mothers and husbands. The school should teach the girl to believe, not to think.
141. You can stop when you rise, but not when you fall.
142. There is more noise from ten people who speak than from ten thousand who are silent.
143. Public order depends on justice. Therefore, by right, the place of judges is in the first row of the social hierarchy. Therefore, no honors and signs of respect can be considered excessive for them.
144. From a soldier, first of all, endurance and patience are required, courage is a second matter.
145. From the mind to reason is much further than people think.
146. From the great to the ridiculous one step.
147. Courage is like love: it needs to feed on hope.
148. Patriotism is the first sign of a civilized person, the quality that distinguishes a person from a slave.
149. Revolutions are made with the belly.
150. It is bad if young people learn the art of war from books: this is a sure way to educate bad generals.
151. Victory is not won by numbers. Alexander defeated 300,000 Persians at the head of 20,000 Macedonians.
152. As long as we are at war in Europe, the war remains civil.
153. Show me people who read books and I'll show you who moves the world.
154. Using the favors of Fortune, beware of betrayal, do not forget that she is a woman.
155. After the victory there are no enemies - all people!
156. The last word always remains with public opinion.
157. The latter are always right.
     
158. Put a scammer in front of everyone and he will act like an honest person.
159. Governments in which opposing opinions are expressed are good as long as peace reigns.
160. With courage, everything can be allowed, but not everything can be achieved.
161. Marriage is not provided for by nature.
162. Prostitutes are a must. Otherwise, men would attack decent women in the streets.
163. Forgiving those who revile me, I can always put myself above them.
164. Revealing, many things pretend that they are invisible.
165. Revolution is a conviction backed by bayonets.
166. Religion is an excellent tool to calm the mob.
167. Religion is an important subject in girls' schools. She, no matter how you look at her, is the most reliable guarantee for mothers and husbands. The school should teach the girl to believe, not to think.
168. Cuckolds and kings are the last to know they are being laughed at.
169. From the time I became head of state, I consulted only with myself, and this suited me perfectly. I started making mistakes only when I began to listen to what advisers say.
170. The most formidable army cannot successfully wage war against an entire nation determined to win or die.
171. The most important thing in politics is to follow your end: the means mean nothing.
172. You can make a stop during the ascent, but not during the descent.
173. The secret of the art of war lies in being stronger than the enemy at the right moment in the right place.
174. The heart of a statesman should be in his head.
175. Strength is never funny.
176. With the strength of our bayonets we can defeat any enemy, no matter how strong, but if the old women start pouring chamber pots on our heads, then this empire will collapse.
177. Glory wears out.
178. Glory is transitory, but oblivion is eternal...
179. The word "impossible" can only be found in the vocabulary of fools.
180. Chance is the only legitimate king of the universe.
181. Chance rules the world...
     
182. Death is nothing, but a life of defeat and disgrace is death every day.
183. First you need to get involved in a serious fight, and then we'll see.
184. With courage everything can be done, but not everything can be done.
185. Soldiers are just figures who solve political problems.
186. There are two levers for managing people: the first is personal gain, and the second is money.
187. There are thieves who are not punished, but who steal the most valuable thing from people - time.
188. Where flowers degenerate, man cannot live.
189. Those who are ready to take control must be prepared for the fact that they want to kill them.
190. Those who seek happiness in luxury and extravagance are like those who prefer the brilliance of candles to the radiance of the sun.
191. Only the truth is offensive to a person.
192. Only those who want to deceive and rule the people can keep them ignorant.
193. Those who are afraid of being conquered will surely lose.
194. Anyone who does not seek to earn the respect of his contemporaries is not worthy of it.
195. He who prefers wealth to glory is a spendthrift who takes from the usurer and goes bankrupt on interest.
196. The throne is just a chair upholstered in velvet.
197. The cowardly flees from the one who is wickeder than him, and the weak is conquered by the strongest: such is the origin of political right.
198. A statesman should have a heart in his head.
199. The people, like women, have only one right: to be governed.
200. Politics has no heart, only a head.
201. The French sense of national honor always smolders under the ashes. Just a spark is enough to ignite it.
202. Fortune follows a great man.
203. To die without enjoying your love is hellish torment, it is a sure image of total annihilation. (from Napoleon's letter)
204. Success is what creates great people.
205. Success is the most eloquent speaker in the world.
206. Establishing the indissolubility of marriage is incitement to crime.
207. Fanaticism must be put to sleep so that it can be uprooted.
208. A person who talks a lot can do a lot!
209. The human spirit has not yet matured for the rulers to do what they must do, and the ruled to do what they want.
210. What is history, if not a fable that we agreed to believe in...
211. What does a million human lives mean to a man like me?
212. What is a newspaper? This is a dispersed club.
213. Someone else's stupidity has not yet made anyone smart.
214. You can do anything with bayonets, you just can’t sit on them.
215. Orders are pitiful trinkets with which you can control people.
216. I'm more afraid of three newspapers than a hundred bayonets.
217. I am either a fox or a lion. The whole secret of management is knowing when I should be this or that.
218. I can fool professors and journalists, but I can't fool a Parisian housewife who goes to the market every day.
219. I don't think France ever knew a better order than the one I had.
220. I showered gold on my companions: but I had to understand that, having become rich, a person no longer wants to expose himself to mortal danger.
221. I consider love harmful to society. Oh, that the gods would rid the world of love!

Video: little-known facts and myths about Napoleon

In this video, historian Matvey Sukhorukov will tell you what misconceptions about the great French commander Napoleon Bonaparte exist to this day.

Napoleon I Bonaparte - Emperor of France from 1804-1815. He was a great French commander and statesman. It is believed that it was he who laid the foundations of the modern French state. Napoleone Bonaparte his...

Napoleon I Bonaparte - Emperor of France from 1804-1815. He was a great French commander and statesman. It is believed that it was he who laid the foundations of the modern French state.

Napoleone Bonaparte began his professional military service in 1785 with the rank of junior lieutenant of artillery; advanced during the French Revolution, reaching the rank of brigadier under the Directory, and then divisional general and the post of commander of the military forces of the rear, and then commander of the Italian army.

In November 1799, he carried out a coup d'etat, as a result of which he became the first consul, thereby effectively concentrating all power in his hands. May 18, 1804 proclaimed himself emperor. Established a dictatorial regime. Carried out a number of reforms. The defeat of the Grand Army in the war of 1812 against Russia marked the beginning of the collapse of the empire of Napoleon I. After the "battle of the peoples" near Leipzig, Napoleon could no longer resist the allies.

The entry of troops of the anti-French coalition into Paris in 1814 forced Napoleon I to abdicate. He was exiled to the island of Elba. He occupied the French throne again in March 1815. After the defeat at Waterloo, he abdicated a second time. He spent the last years of his life on about. St. Helena a prisoner of the British.

His famous expressions:

1. A beautiful woman is pleasing to the eyes, but kind to the heart; one is a beautiful thing, and the other a treasure.
2. An army of rams led by a lion will always triumph over an army of lions led by a ram.
3. First you need to get involved in a serious fight, and then we'll see.
4. With courage, everything can be allowed, but not everything can be achieved.
5. The fool has a great advantage over the educated man: he is always pleased with himself.
6. There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
7. Forgiving those who revile me, I can always put myself above them.
8. The heart of a statesman should be in his head.
9. Marriage should not be granted to couples who have known each other for less than six months.
10. Put a swindler in plain sight and he will act like an honest man.
11. Wake me up only if bad news comes; and if they are good, no way.
12. The sages are elevated by the calamities that have befallen them, and the fools are finally broken.
13. In love, the only victory is flight.
14. You can do anything with a bayonet, but you can't sit on it.
15. Success is the most eloquent speaker in the world.
16. The throne is just a chair upholstered in velvet.
17. Usually soldiers win battles, and generals get honors.
18. You can make a stop during the ascent, but not during the descent.
19. "Impossible" is not French.
20. Other people's stupidity never makes us smart.
21. He who stands high and in front of everyone should not allow himself impetuous movements.
22. Public opinion is a public wench.
23. Prostitutes are a must. Otherwise, men would attack decent women in the streets.
24. When the enemy makes a mistake, you should not interfere with him. It's not polite.
25. Who knows how to flatter, knows how to slander.
26. Glory wears out.
27. In every big business, you always have to leave some part to chance.
28. The surest way to keep your word is not to give it.
29. The art of management is not to let people grow old in their position.
30. I am either a fox or a lion. The whole secret of management is knowing when to be this or that.
31. Great careers, great achievements are born from the meeting of character, genius and luck.
32. Only the truth is offensive.
33. There are two levers for managing people: the first is personal gain, and the second is money.
34. We should not be afraid of those who do not agree with you, but of those who do not agree with you and are afraid to tell you about it.
35. Imagination rules the world.
36. If you want to succeed in this world, promise everything and deliver nothing.
37. From the mind to reason is much further than people think.
38. War is made up of unforeseen events.
39. Immeasurable are the depths of baseness to which man can fall.
40. Establishing the indissolubility of marriage is incitement to crime.
41. Success is what makes great people.
42. Impossibility is a word from the dictionary of fools.
43. Men of genius are meteors destined to burn out in order to illuminate their age.
44. Love is stupidity done together.
45. More likely to meet a good ruler who came to power by inheritance than by election.
46. Revolution is a conviction backed by bayonets.
47. The secret of the art of war lies in being stronger than the enemy at the right moment in the right place.
48. General, you are exactly one head taller than me, but if you are rude to me, I will immediately eliminate this difference.
49. The battle was won not by the one who gave good advice, but by the one who took responsibility for its implementation and ordered it to be carried out.
50. You can win the fight, but lose the battle;
    You can win the battle but lose the campaign;
    You can win the campaign but lose the war.
51. There is nothing more arrogant than a nonentity who feels supported.
52. There are no roads in Russia, only directions.
53. The latter are always right.
54. A journalist is a street cleaner working with a pen.
55. I consider love harmful to society. Oh, that the gods would rid the world of love!
56. History is a version of past events that people have chosen to go along with.
57. A man who allows himself to be pushed around by a woman is neither a man nor a woman, but simply nothing.
58. True heroism consists in being above the misfortunes of life.
59. Love for the motherland is the first virtue of a civilized person.
60. If I had Cossacks, I would conquer the whole world.
61. What is history, if not a fable that we agreed to believe in...
62. Do not look for malicious intent where everything can be explained by stupidity.
63. The greatest of all immorality is to take on a job that you do not know how to do.
64. The last word always remains with public opinion.
65. A society without religion is like a ship without a compass.
66. Give a man power and you will know who he is.
67. All religions were invented by people.
68. Inspiration is a quick calculation.
69. There are two powerful forces in the world: the saber and the spirit. Ultimately, the spirit defeats the saber.
70. A people that does not want to feed its own army will soon be forced to feed someone else's.
71. Instead of a whip, I ruled honor.
72. A hussar who is not killed at the age of 30 is not a hussar, but rubbish!
73. There are thieves who are not punished, but who steal the most valuable thing from people - time.
74. You are not taller than me, you are longer.
75. A person who talks a lot can do a lot!
76. Dig a Russian and find a Tatar!
77. Wealth is not in the possession of treasures, but in the ability to use them.
78. Revealing, many things pretend that they are invisible.
79. A man should sleep four hours, a woman six; only children and stuffed fools sleep for more than six hours.