Napoleon

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

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

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

Un croquis vaut mieux quun long discours.Fr., A picture is worth a thousand words.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

We must laugh at man, to avoid crying for him.

The word impossible is not in my dictionary.

An army marches on its stomach.

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.

Religion is what keeps the poor man from murdering the rich.

Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe.

If you wish to be a sucess in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.

What is history but a fable agreed upon.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping the common people quiet.

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

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

There are two levers for moving men interest and fear.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Men, in general, are but great children.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

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

To Robert Fulton What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck I pray you excuse me. I have no time to listen to such nonsense.

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.

Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment.