The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

God! How men of letters are stupid.

God! How men of letters are stupid.

I hate and I love. Perhaps you ask why I do so. I do not...

I hate and I love. Perhaps you ask why I do so. I do not...

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

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

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

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

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet

Imagination rules the world.

Imagination rules the world.

As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which...

As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which...

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.

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

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

High politic is only common sense applied to great things.

High politic is only common sense applied to great things.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it...

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it...

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of...

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of...

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.