Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

“The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemy's.”

“An army marches on its stomach.”

“From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.”

“The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.”

“In war, moral power is to physical as three parts out of four.”

“The art of war is simple; everything is a matter of execution.”

“One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.”

“You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.”

“Every French soldier carries a marshal's baton in his knapsack.”

“A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of coloured ribbon.”

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

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

“Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.”

“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.”

“My power proceeds from my reputation, and my reputation from the victories I have won.”

“A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.”

“A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.”

“There are only two forces that unite men: fear and interest.”

“Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.”

“Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.”

“Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.”

“Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.”

“He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.”

“The French complain of everything, and always.”

“Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.”