* 15. August 1769 – † 5. May 1821, French statesman, military leader and emperor.

Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte:

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

“I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay hands on everything they can get.”

“Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.”

“Men of genius are meteors destined to burn themselves out in lighting up their age.”

“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”

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

“There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.”

“If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.”

“A beautiful woman pleases the eye, a good woman pleases the heart; the first is a jewel, the second is a treasure.”

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

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