Napoleon Bonaparte

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“France has more need of me than I have need of France.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821)

“Napoleon wanted to turn Paris into Rome under the Caesars, only with louder music and more marble. And it was done. His architects gave him the Arc de Triomphe and the Madeleine. His nephew Napoleon III wanted to turn Paris into Rome with Versailles piled on top, and it was done. His architects gave him the Paris Opera, an addition to the Louvre, and miles of new boulevards.”
—Tom Wolfe (b. 1931)

“You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821)