MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON

A sect cannot be destroyed by cannon-



balls







Ability in making it be supposed that



he really possessed talent







Absurdity of interfering with trifles







Admired him more for what he had the



fortitude not to do







Always proposing what he knew could not



be honourably acceded to







An old man's blessing never yet harmed



any one







Animated by an unlucky zeal







Buried for the purpose of being dug up







Calumny such powerful charms







Cause of war between the United States



and England







Conquest can only be regarded as the



genius of destruction







Demand everything, that you may obtain



nothing







Die young, and I shall have some



consolatory reflection







Every time we go to war with them we



teach them how to beat us







Every one cannot be an atheist who



pleases







Go to England.  The English like



wrangling politicians







God in his mercy has chosen Napoleon to



be his representative on earth







Grew more angry as his anger was less



regarded







Had neither learned nor forgotten



anything







I have made sovereigns, but have not



wished to be one myself







I do not live--I merely exist







Ideologues







Immortality is the recollection one



leaves







Kings feel they are born general:



whatever else they cannot do







Kiss the feet of Popes provided their



hands are tied







Let women mind their knitting







Malice delights to blacken the



characters of prominent men







Manufacturers of phrases







More glorious to merit a sceptre than



to possess one







Most celebrated people lose on a close



view







Necessary to let men and things take



their course







Nothing is changed in France: there is



only one Frenchman more







Put some gold lace on the coats of my



virtuous republicans







Religion is useful to the Government







Rights of misfortune are always sacred







Something so seductive in popular



enthusiasm







Strike their imaginations by



absurdities than by rational ideas







Submit to events, that he might appear



to command them







Tendency to sell the skin of the bear



before killing him







That consolation which is always left



to the discontented







The boudoir was often stronger than the



cabinet







The wish and the reality were to him



one and the same thing







Those who are free from common



prejudices acquire others







To leave behind him no traces of his



existence







Treaties of peace no less disastrous



than the wars







Treaty, according to custom, was called



perpetual







Trifles honoured with too much



attention







Were made friends of lest they should



become enemies







When a man has so much money he cannot



have got it honestly







Would enact the more in proportion as



we yield







Yield to illusion when the truth was



not satisfactory