A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has a soul.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

Topics: Faith Quotes, Religion Quotes, Soul Quotes

Truth alone wounds.

Truth alone wounds.

I made all my generals out of mud.

I made all my generals out of mud.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Respect the burden.

Respect the burden.

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to...

To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to...

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...

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

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

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

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.

Vengeance has no foresight

Vengeance has no foresight

The only conquests which are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.

The only conquests which are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

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.

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less...

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less...

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

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

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.