I really like 'Passion of the Christ.' I like that movie. I also like 'We Were Soldiers,' and 'Braveheart.' And 'Napoleon Dynamite'… — Luke Benward Copy Share Image
Active people don't change the world profoundly; ideas do. Napoleon is less important in world history than Jean-Jacques Rousseau. — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
I once read that there are more biographical works about Napoleon Bonaparte than any other man in history. — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
I'm known for having crazy shoes. I have a total Napoleon complex - I'm only 5'4", and every heel I have is… — Laura Wasser Copy Share Image
“It was napoleon who once observed how easy it is to win men over through flattery simply by bequeathing a title to… — Texe Marrs Copy Share Image
“Mr. Carlisle became brisk. "Baby," he said, as Napoleon might have said to one of his Marshals when instructing him in his… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
I don't want to do the nerdy, goofy guy again. That was really fitting for the 'Napoleon' world, but that's kind of… — Aaron Ruell Copy Share Image
War was then no longer this noble and unified outburst of souls in love with glory that he had imagined from Napoleon's… — Stendhal Copy Share Image
“ Napoleon , when hearing about Laplace 's latest book, said, ' M. Laplace , they tell me you have written this… — Pierre-Simon Laplace Copy Share Image
“While still a student, Napoleon had written on the last page of his geography book: "St. Helena. Small island." This may have… — Akutagawa Ryunosuke Copy Share Image
Hannibal knew better how to conquer than how to profit by the conquest; and Napoleon was more skilful in taking positions than… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The new French theme park based on Napoleon is named Napoleon's Bivouac, and will honor Napoleon with rides, battle reenactments, and the… — Peter Sagal Copy Share Image
“Who, in Europe, can take this bloodless colonial fracas seriously? On September 9, the day after Prevost’s armistice ends, Napoleon launches and,… — Pierre Berton Copy Share Image
“In his preparations for the battle of Waterloo Napoleon contrived to produce a grand slam of mistakes. It is surprising that his… — Frank McLynn Copy Share Image
“If the empire were to collapse, I should personally feel extremely sad. I absolutely do not believe that the personal rule of… — Franz Liszt Copy Share Image
I had always been fascinated with Napoleon because he was a self-made emperor; Victor Hugo said, 'Napoleon's will to power,' and it… — August Wilson Copy Share Image
“Napoleon I., whose career had the quality of a duel against the whole of Europe, disliked duelling between the officers of his… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“In front marched Egypt. The Duke of Egypt at their head, on horseback, with his counts on foot, holding his bridle and… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
An intelligent man said that the world felt Napoleon as a weight, and that when he died it would give a great… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
“It was as easy as breathing to go and have tea near the place where Jane Austen had so wittily scribbled and… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Louis XIV was a very proud and self-confident man. He had such and such mistresses, and such and such ministers, and he… — Isaiah Berlin Copy Share Image
“Thucydides observed how advancing troops tended to edge out towards their right,{18} their unshielded side. They had an instinctive desire to feel… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“They are subjected to all manner of taxes: the tithe, the hearth tax and the capitation tax. When all those are paid,… — Simon Scarrow Copy Share Image
Was it possible that Napoleon should win the battle of Waterloo? We answer, No! Why? Because of Wellington? Because of Blucher? No!… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Mac had many admirable qualities, but not tact. He was the sort of man who would have tried to cheer Napoleon up… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
People have said I have a Napoleon complex. But I've always had to fight for everything that I have. — Chris Paul Copy Share Image
“Between Napoleon and His army, always choose Napoleon; because He can create a new army, but his army cannot create a new… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Imagine for a moment Napoleon I, to have borne the name of Jenkins, or Washington to have sustained the appellation of John… — Artemas Ward Copy Share Image
To Napoleon on why his works on celestial mechanics make no mention of God: Your Highness, I have no need of this… — Pierre-Simon Laplace Copy Share Image
How often we recall with regret that Napoleon once shot at a magazine editor and missed him and killed a publisher. But… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
[On Napoleon:] The Emperor is too grand for anybody to tell him the truth, everybody who surrounds him flatters him all day… — Josephine de Beauharnais Copy Share Image
NAPOLEON: What shall we do with this soldier, Giuseppe? Everything he says is wrong. GIUSEPPE: Make him a general, Excellency, and then… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Napoleon is a torrent which as yet we are unable to stem. Moscow will be the sponge that will suck him dry. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
By the time Napoleon abandoned his army to its fate in Poland - arriving back in Paris on 5 December - it… — Saul David Copy Share Image
Between Napoleon and his army, always choose Napoleon; because He can create another army, but his army cannot create a Napoleon! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Napoleon was probably the equal at least of Washington in intellect, his superior in education. Both of them were successful in serving… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
While Napoleon believed his fortunes to be governed by destiny, his real genius lay in self-control and martial daring coupled with an… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
There is no consensus even today on the merits of Napoleon - and certainly no agreement on the rights and wrongs of… — Douglas Hurd Copy Share Image
I was very short when I was little, so I probably had - and there may be a residue of it now… — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
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