Ambition and Desire Quotes

“I care”
― Kate Williams, Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte

“AMBITION IS NEVER content, even at the summit of greatness,” Napoleon declared.”
― Kate Williams, Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte

“Unknowingly, Marie-Josèphe was covering herself with toxins, for the best rouge was made from vermilion, ground from cinnabar (mercury sulfide) or from ceruse, which was produced by dousing lead plates in vinegar.”
― Kate Williams, Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte

“I care only for the people who are useful to me—and only so long as they are useful,” he said on St. Helena.”
― Kate Williams, Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte

“Women should stick to knitting,” said Napoleon.12”
― Kate Williams, Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte

“I am not like other men, and the ordinary laws of morality and rules of propriety do not apply to me,” Napoleon vaunted.”
― Kate Williams, Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte

“When I am outside in the fresh air my ideas take a higher direction,” Napoleon said. “I cannot understand how some men can work successfully if they are always inside, beside the fireplace, without communication with the sky.”30”
― Kate Williams, Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte

“There is one thing alone to do in this world and that is to keep acquiring money and more money, power and more power,” Napoleon said.15 He”
― Kate Williams, Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte