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Napoleon (Napoleon Bonaparte)

(1769 – 1821) A French military general and political leader who rose to prominence in the French Revolution, becoming the ruler of France as First Consul of the French Republic, and then Emperor of the French and King of Italy under the name Napoleon I. His legal reform, the Napoleonic Code, has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide, but he is best remembered for his role in the wars led against France by a series of coalitions, the so-called Napoleonic Wars. Due to his success in these wars, often against numerically superior enemies, he is generally regarded as one of the greatest military commanders of all time, and his campaigns are studied at military academies worldwide.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Imagination rules the world.

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

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.