Always Quote by August Wilson

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Napoleon: You have written this huge book on the system of the world without once mentioning the author of the universe. Laplace: Sire, I…

— Pierre-Simon Laplace

I suffer a little bit from Napoleonism, if you will.

— Gary Coleman

“Upon his appointment to the Consulate, Napoleon famously declared, “We have finished the romance of the Revolution. We must now begin its history, only…

— Henry Freeman

“Victor Hugo continues to be popular today not because of his multivolume works, which people may never have time or patience to read, but…

— Mouloud Benzadi

“If the empire were to collapse, I should personally feel extremely sad. I absolutely do not believe that the personal rule of Napoleon III…

— Franz Liszt

“set of ABBOTT'S NAPOLEON histories. They were all presentation copies from the author, with autograph inscriptions. The regret expressed”

— Various

To the very last, he [Napoleon] had a kind of idea; that, namely, of la carrière ouverte aux talents, - the tools to him…

— John Keats

“we also see two things that are very salient for Napoleon –   1. Whenever he saw an opportunity, he immediately felt a strong…

— Sebastian Marshall

Between Napoleon and his army, always choose Napoleon; because He can create another army, but his army cannot create a Napoleon!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Back in my 20s, when I wrote 'A Place of Greater Safety,' the French Revolution novel, I thought, 'I'll always have to write historical…

— Hilary Mantel

I wrote all the time, and I had teachers who encouraged it.

— Jacqueline Woodson