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Why does Napoleon still loom so large over French politics and culture? Louis Sarkozy, son of the former President of France, reveals how obsessive the emporer was about communication, writing more letters than Donald Trump posted tweets in his first term. Watch in full | | @napsarkozy

"Space we can recover, time never." - Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821

Never get too sad or too cocky! These 2 pictures show Napoleon at his lowest point in prison (1794) and his highest point as Emperor (1804). Things change. #staypositive #evenkeeled #upsanddowns

On this day in 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica. He would go on to become Emperor of the French and one of the most famous military leaders in history, commanding armies across Europe and building an empire that forever changed the continent. His rise, victories and dramatic downfall cemented his place in history and, centuries later, inspired our song, “I, Emperor”. Listen to it here 👉

How Napoleon Reads: "For every subject he encountered, Napoleon jotted down what seemed most important to remember. He read fast, and cut to the essential, often skipping whole passages to get to what he believed was the nucleus of the subject. He often misinterpreted books entirely."

‘Good and upstanding people must be persuaded with gentle means. The rabble must be moved by terror.’ – Napoleon

Quand il est arrivé au pouvoir, Napoléon a réussi à simplifier le droit français en seulement 4 ans. Aujourd’hui, ce qu’il a fait en quatre années, nous pourrions le faire en une nuit grâce à quelques agents IA. La France meurt de la complexité administrative.

Aucune place pour la violence dans notre République. Ceux qui ont cassé, attaqué les préfectures comme les commerces, pillé jusqu’à nos mairies, seront poursuivis et punis. Aux forces de l’ordre, garantes du droit à manifester, je dis le soutien de la Nation. Nous ferons tous bloc face aux semeurs de chaos, qui ne cherchent qu’à abattre nos institutions et empêchent ceux qui expriment pacifiquement leurs revendications de le faire.

@EmmanuelMacron You are a weak twat and a fraction of a man. Save your country, defend French heritage or get out of the way and let the adults fix it the way Napoleon did.

Great Men of history are depressed. The personality that builds empires is not the same personality driven by a happy feel-good ethos. Especially in their 20s many of them are depressed. A few examples from history: - Napoleon wrote an entire paper called "On Suicide" when he was 16. - Hamilton wrote to his friend around the same age that he "wished there was a war" so that he could make his name. - Winston Churchill wrote countless letters to his mother about Loneliness while at school. - Abraham Lincoln was constantly writing about how his heart yearned for greatness, but his reality didn't reflect it. This was before he became president. - Caesar weeped at a statue of Alexander the Great because he hadn't accomplished as much him by age 30. This is a recurring pattern you see throughout history. Many greats are depressed in their youth. And often times, this is their driver towards action. They deal with their pain through pure action.

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

“Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte

Plato said that the Great Man isn't a great man. Take someone like Napoleon for example. Was he conquering for the good of France? Or was he conquering for his own glory? This is a good question to ask about the greats in modern day. Plato says: "Think only of the ambition of men, and you will wonder at the senselessness of their ways, unless you consider how they are stirred by the love of an immortality of fame. They are ready to run all risks greater far than they would have run for their children, and to spend money and undergo any sort of toil, and even to die, for the sake of leaving behind them a name which shall be eternal." He believed that the true great man was the philosopher king. Someone driven by wisdom and virtue rather than self interest. The difference is following goodness, or ambition. Napoleon and Alexander wouldn't fit this category.

“Great men are meteors designed to burn up so that the earth may be lightened.” - Napoleon