Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level...

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level...

Providence is always on the side of the last reserve

Providence is always on the side of the last reserve

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform...

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform...

The army is the true nobility of our country.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we...

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we...

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

The human race is governed by its imagination.

The human race is governed by its imagination.

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and...

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and...

Imagination rules the world.

Imagination rules the world.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life...

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life...

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done...

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done...

I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.

I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.

An army marches on its stomach.

An army marches on its stomach.

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

France has more need of me than I have need of France.