65 Famous Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte
8/15/1769 - 5/5/1821
Also Known As:
Napoleon I of France
Napoleone di Buonaparte
Napoléon Bonaparte
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About Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe.
As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815. His legal reform, the Napoleonic Code, has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide, but he is best remembered for his role in the wars led against France by a series of coalitions, the so-called Napoleonic Wars. He established hegemony over most of continental Europe and sought to spread the ideals of the French Revolution, while consolidating an imperial monarchy which restored aspects of the deposed Ancien Régime. Due to his success in these wars, often against numerically superior enemies, he is generally regarded as one of the greatest military commanders of all time, and his campaigns are studied at military academies worldwide.
Napoleon was born at Ajaccio in Corsica in a family of noble Italian ancestry which had settled Corsica in the 16th century. He trained as an artillery officer in mainland France. He rose to prominence under the French First Republic and led successful campaigns against the First and Second Coalitions arrayed against France. He led a successful invasion of the Italian peninsula.
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
Violence
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The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains
Conscience
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There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most insignificant thing can decide the outcome of a battle
Decision
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As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life
Destiny
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Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost.
Events
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There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
Force
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As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life
Meaning
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