“I felt in his soul a cold steel, I felt in his mind a deep irony against which nothing great or good, even his own destiny, was proof.”Tagged: Life
“Bonaparte was a man who, when he was in his cradle, had been given by the Good Fairy gifts beyond the imagination of most men. But she had denied him things that most people, however humble, take for granted–the ability to distinguish between truth and falsehood, right and wrong.”Tagged: Life, Sociopath
“He had not a good memory for proper names, words and dates, but it was prodigious for facts and localities.”Tagged: Life
“It says a lot for [Napoleon's] ebullient self confidence, or maybe for his belief in his destiny; that having failed at one uncongenial end of Europe, he was ready to risk a second front at the other end, which was even less hospital to his methods.”Tagged: Life, Productivity
“Napoleon described his mind and work life as a series of drawers. Open one, shut the other.”Tagged: Life, Productivity
“His fellow workmen break down and sink under the burden imposed on them and he supports them without feeling the weight.”Tagged: Life