The glory of life is not in never failing, but in being able to rise again and again. [France] Napoleon

If Napoleon was still Napoleon after the failure of the Russian expedition, but Napoleon after the Battle of Waterloo was no longer Napoleon. After the failure of the Russian expedition, Napoleon quickly returned to Paris and stabilized the situation that had fallen into chaos. He organized his army to fight against the pursuing Russian army and won several small victories, but then the anti-French coalition forces severely damaged Napoleon's troops in Germany, and he had to retreat from Leipzig to the French border. After Napoleon arrived in Paris, he began to prepare new forces to meet the attacks of European countries advancing towards France. However, because the situation was over and it ended in failure, he had to announce his abdication and temporarily stationed in Elba Island. Taking advantage of others' unpreparedness, he returned to France and organized an army to prepare to regain the power he had lost. However, the French army was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo, and Napoleon lost everything forever. He even tried to kill himself, but failed. The failure at Waterloo had caused him to lose all interest in waiting, and he had decided to do nothing at all. At this time, Napoleon could no longer rise again. His famous words were meant for the previous Napoleon, but now all the glory has become a thing of the past.

Napoleon meant to encourage others when he said this, because he never thought that failure would be associated with his name. However, Napoleon in victory said this sentence, and Napoleon in defeat truly understood it. Final defeat did not mean that previous efforts were pointless, which is why Napoleon has always been a hero in people's minds. Rabindranath Tagore once said: "The sky left no trace of me, but I flew." As long as we are willing to fly, we don't care about the outcome!