One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.
Napoleon BonaparteTragedy warms the soul, elevates the heart, can and ought to create heroes. In this sense, perhaps, France owes a part of her great actions to Corneille.
Napoleon BonaparteObedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity.
Napoleon Bonaparte