“A new-born government must dazzle.”
Napoleon Bonaparte
This quote is commonly attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“That is just it, work is my element; I was born and made for it. I have found the limits of my legs; I have found the limits of my eyes; but I have never been able to find the limits of my labour.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Secondary source“Everything tells me I shall succeed.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Primary source“Imagination rules the world.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte Secondary source“Intelligence precedes force. Force itself is nothing without intelligence. In the heroic age the leader was the strongest man; with civilization he has become the most intelligent of the brave.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte DisputedMore quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte →
“Do not do that which you would not have known.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Approve not of him that commends all you say.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“If the government is cruel, the governor’s life is not safe.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“I will not be triumphed over.”
— Cleopatra Disputed