I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

Topics: Art Quotes, Music Quotes

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication...

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication...

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

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...

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

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...

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...

Fashion condemns us to many follies; the greatest is to make ourselves its slave

Fashion condemns us to many follies; the greatest is to make ourselves its slave

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

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

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many...

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many...

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

Habit is a shackle for the free.

Habit is a shackle for the free.

Historic in a good sense, not historic in a sense of 'so we dropped bombs...

Historic in a good sense, not historic in a sense of 'so we dropped bombs...

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe...

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe...