I. Frost's Selected Quotations

Everything at Amazon by and about: Napoleon Bonaparte

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


Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.


History is a set of lies agreed upon.


If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.


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


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


Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.


Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.


The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.


You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bon-fire under her deck... I have no time for such nonsense.
, commenting on Fulton's Steamship

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.


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


Victory belongs to the most persevering.


In politics stupidity is not a handicap.