Always proposing what he knew could not be honourably acceded to Cause of war between the United States and England Conquest can only be regarded as the genius of destruction Demand everything, that you may obtain nothing Submit to events, that he might appear to command them Tendency to sell the skin of the bear before killing him When a man has so much money he cannot have got it honestly I have made sovereigns, but have not wished to be one myself Go to England The English like wrangling politicians Let women mind their knitting A sect cannot be destroyed by cannon-balls Every time we go to war with them we teach them how to beat us God in his mercy has chosen Napoleon to be his representative on earth The wish and the reality were to him one and the same thing Treaties of peace no less disastrous than the wars Yield to illusion when the truth was not satisfactory Every one cannot be an atheist who pleases Grew more angry as his anger was less regarded I do not live--I merely exist Strike their imaginations by absurdities than by rational ideas Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others RECOLLECTIONS OF THE PRIVATE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BY JULES CONSTANT Private Life of Napoleon, V1, by Constant [NB#18][nc01v10.txt]3568 Private Life of Napoleon, V2, by Constant [NB#19][nc02v10.txt]3569 Private Life of Napoleon, V3, by Constant [NB#20][nc03v10.txt]3570 Private Life of Napoleon, V4, by Constant [NB#21][nc04v10.txt]3571 Private Life of Napoleon, V5, by Constant [NB#22][nc05v10.txt]3572 Private Life of Napoleon, V6, by Constant [NB#23][nc06v10.txt]3573 Private Life of Napoleon, V7, by Constant [NB#24][nc07v10.txt]3574 Private Life of Napoleon, V8, by Constant [NB#25][nc08v10.txt]3575 Private Life of Napoleon, V9, by Constant [NB#26][nc09v10.txt]3576 Private Life of Napoleon, V10, by Constant [NB#27][nc10v10.txt]3577 Private Life of Napoleon, V11, by Constant [NB#28][nc11v10.txt]3578 Private Life of Napoleon, V12, by Constant [NB#29][nc12v10.txt]3579 Complete Life of Napoleon, V13, by Constant[NB#30][nc13v10.txt]3580 PRIVATE LIFE OF NAPOLEON, V1, by Constant [nc01v10.txt]3568 "To paint Caesar in undress is not to paint Caesar," some one has said. Yet men will always like to see the great 'en deshabille'. In these volumes the hero is painted in undress. His foibles, his peculiarities, his vices, are here depicted without reserve. But so also are his kindness of heart, his vast intellect, his knowledge of men, his extraordinary energy, his public spirit. The shutters are taken down, and the workings of the mighty machinery are laid bare.