Top 500 Napoleon Quotes (2023 Update)
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351. “In a great nation, the majority are incapable of judging wisely of things.”

— Napoleon

352. “God! How men of letters are stupid.”

— Napoleon

353. “Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.”

— Napoleon

354. “I would believe any religion that could prove it had existed since the beginning of the world. But when I see Socrates, Plato, Moses, and Mohammed I do not think there is such a one. All religions owe their origin to man.”

— Napoleon

355. “The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread.”

— Napoleon

356. “When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him.”

— Napoleon

357. “Success is the most convincing talker in the world.”

— Napoleon

358. “Collective crimes incriminate no one.”

— Napoleon

359. “To a father who loves his children victor has no charms. When the heart speaks, glory itself is an illusion.”

— Napoleon

360. “How many things apparently impossible have nevertheless been performed by resolute men who had no alternative but death.”

— Napoleon

361. “Hereditary succession to the magistracy is absurd, as it tends to make a property of it; it is incompatible with the sovereignty of the people.”

— Napoleon

362. “True heroism consists in rising superior to misfortune.”

— Napoleon

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

— Napoleon

364. “The superior man is never in anyone’s way.”

— Napoleon

365. “Remember that a man, a true man, never hates. His rages and his bad moods never last beyond the present moment-like electric shocks.”

— Napoleon

366. “A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.”

— Napoleon

367. “An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.”

— Napoleon

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

— Napoleon

369. “In war the simplest manoeuvres are the best.”

— Napoleon

370. “It follows that any commander in chief who undertakes to carry out a plan which he considers defective is at fault; he must put forth his reasons, insist on the plan being changed, and finally tender his resignation rather than be the instrument of h.”

— Napoleon

371. “We often get in quicker by the back door than by the front.”

— Napoleon

372. “Power is what they like – it is the greatest of all aphrodisiacs.”

— Napoleon

373. “We live and die in the midst of marvels.”

— Napoleon

374. “God has decreed that there be sick and poor in this world, but in the next it will be the other way around.”

— Napoleon

375. “People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful.”

— Napoleon

376. “A man who has no consideration for the needs of his men ought never to be given command.”

— Napoleon

377. “Obedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity.”

— Napoleon

378. “There are certain things in war of which the commander alone comprehends the importance. Nothing but his superior firmness and ability can subdue and surmount all difficulties.”

— Napoleon

379. “Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other.”

— Napoleon

380. “I engage and after that I see what to do.”

— Napoleon

381. “I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of the Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness.”

— Napoleon

382. “A faithful friend is the true image of the Deity.”

— Napoleon

383. “When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.”

— Napoleon

384. “A well-composed song strikes the mind and softens the feelings, and produces a greater effect than a moral work, which convinces our reason, but does not warm our feelings, nor effect the slightest alteration in our habits.”

— Napoleon

385. “England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.”

— Napoleon

386. “Jesus Chris was more than man.”

— Napoleon

387. “Reprisals are but a sad resource.”

— Napoleon

388. “All Italians are plunderers.”

— Napoleon

389. “I do not amuse myself by thinking of dead people.”

— Napoleon

390. “A true master of politics is able to calculate, down to the smallest fraction, the advantages to which he may put his very faults.”

— Napoleon

391. “A book in which there were no lies would be a curiosity.”

— Napoleon

392. “Let the path be open to talent.”

— Napoleon

393. “It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity.”

— Napoleon

394. “I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get.”

— Napoleon

395. “What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.”

— Napoleon

396. “Great men are never cruel without necessity.”

— Napoleon

397. “France needs nothing so much to promote her regeneration as good mothers.”

— Napoleon

398. “To negotiate is not to do as one likes.”

— Napoleon

399. “There are in Europe many good generals, but they see too many things at once. I see one thing, namely the enemy’s main body. I try to crush it, confident that secondary matters will then settle themselves.”

— Napoleon

400. “I want the whole of Europe to have one currency; it will make trading much easier.”

— Napoleon