Truth alone wounds.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

Topics: Truth Quotes

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

I have only one counsel for you - be master.

I have only one counsel for you - be master.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.

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

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

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

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

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love...

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love...

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

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...

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Respect the burden.

Respect the burden.

The French complain of everything, and always.

The French complain of everything, and always.

Men of genius are meteors intended to burn to light their century.

Men of genius are meteors intended to burn to light their century.

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...

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

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

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

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

Young children possess the ability to cut across the customary categories; to appreciate usually undiscerned...

Young children possess the ability to cut across the customary categories; to appreciate usually undiscerned...

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

It takes nearly as much ability to know how to profit by good advice as...

The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age...

The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age...