Our century is full of literary productions of all kinds and in all languages that speak of Napoleon I, as the world is full of his name. All these more or less interesting productions, more or less true, have always been eagerly received by the public, as it is eager to know the wonderful man, the Hero of France, which is no more. But who better to make it known that the Maxims, Thoughts and Reflections emanating from himself? And yet, really surprisingly, these maxims, these thoughts and these thoughts does not include the thousands of productions. So it was a regrettable gap to fill, to make a real service to society than to publish them. This publication is particularly timely, as literary and informative production, Maxims, Thoughts and Reflections of Napoleon essentially different from those of Cicero, Pascal, La Bruyere, La Rochefoucauld and many other famous writers because those of Napoleon are all intellectual phenomena, filled with very remarkable expressions and words features, even prophetic. By his sublime thoughts, thoughts of order and regeneration, Napoleon is the man who observes, who knows and analyzes both the phenomena of the physical world, meditates on the truth, seriously reflecting on its importance, the consequences that it contains and applications that can make. This literary treasure, intended to make known to man the true means to work at his moral improvement, so should not stay longer unknown. Also, though surrounded by innumerable difficulties, and without consulting his literary means nor be deterred by the criticism one could make it to be too reckless, author, guided only by a sense of patriotic love, s is set to work, has studied all possible books on the emperor and dared to compile in a single volume, its Maxims, Thoughts and Reflections. A sublime work to better discern the man he was.
"France is the French when it is well written. "Napoleon