Napoleon Bonaparte

The French complain of everything, and always. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#complain #everything #french

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#like #plague

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#found #idea #revolution #which

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#fox #government #i #i am #knowing

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#best way #give #keep #way #word

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#dint #direction #done #give #made

An army marches on its stomach. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#marches #stomach

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#interest #levers #men #moved #only

In politics stupidity is not a handicap. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#politics #stupidity

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#bit #colored #fight #hard #long