Napoleon's Maxims & Quotes
On Men
- The
stronger never retreat, they dictate the terms which the weak
obey.
- The
greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon
events and circumstances.
- A
man is not dependent upon his fellow creature, when he does not
fear death.
- The
guilt of many men may be traced to over-affection for their wives.
- Flatterers
and men of learning do not accord well with each other.
- Some
men have sufficient strength of mind to change their disposition,
or at least to yield to imperative circumstances.
- It
is too late to reprieve a man when the drop has fallen.
- It
is a truth that man is difficult to know, and that, if we may
not deceive ourselves, we must judge him by his actions of the
moment, and for the moment only.
- Friendship
is but a name.
- Men
have their virtues, their vices, their heroism, their perverseness,
they possess and exercise all that is good, and all that is bad
in this world.
- Men,
in general, are but children of a larger growth.
- Men
of letters are useful, and should ever be cherished, as they do
honour to their country.
- Great
men are like meteors, which shine and consume themselves to enlighten
the earth.
- To
have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in
misfortune.
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