I have only one counsel for you - be master.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

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To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who...

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who...

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

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

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing...

Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing...

High politic is only common sense applied to great things.

High politic is only common sense applied to great things.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Public morals are natural complements of all laws: they are by themselves an entire code.

Public morals are natural complements of all laws: they are by themselves an entire code.

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

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

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree...

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree...

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies...

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies...

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.

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...

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.

A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.

A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.