Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

7 Famous Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I)
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“Soldiers, forty centuries are looking down upon you from these pyramids. [Fr., Soldats, du haut ces Pyramide quarante siecles vous contemplent.]”
Monuments Quotes
Source: said to his army before the Battle of the Pyramids, July 2, 1797
“Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg.”
Ancestry Quotes
Source: said to the Emperor of Austria, who hoped to trace Napoleon's lineage
“I want to the whole of Europe to have one currency; it will make make trading much easier.”
Europe Quotes
Source: in a letter to his brother Louis
“All Italians are plunderers. [It., Gli Italiani tutti ladroni.] Not all but a good part. [It., Non tutti, ma buona parte.]”
Italy Quotes
Source: said when in Italy, and the response by a lady who overheard him
“I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has been stopped; but when I die it will turn the page and resume its course. [Fr., Je suis le signet qui marque la page ou la revolution s'est arretee; mais quand je serai mort, elle tournera le feuillet et reprendra sa marche.]”
Revolution Quotes
Source: to Count Mole
“There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous. [Fr., Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas.]”
Ridicule Quotes
Source: to Abbe du Pradt, at Warsaw
“Keep a good table and attend to the ladies. [Fr., Tenez bonne table et soignez les femmes.]”
Eating Quotes
Source: Instructions to Abbe de Pradt
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