Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Ten Quotes From Napoleon Bonaparte

A leader is a dealer in hope.

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.

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

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

An army marches on its stomach.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

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.

1 comment:

  1. Right now Washington looks like the Serengeti in the old NGs. Every where you look there's lion here lion there And the zebra [he's black and white all over] that lives in the swamp nearby is nervous with all the lion[s] around him, cause he knows he will get eaten soon.

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