"Napoleon the Third was not much. He died……" — Lady Gregory
"Napoleon the Third was not much. He died in England, and was buried in a country church-yard much the same as Kiltartan. But Napoleon the First was a great man; it was given out of him there never would be so great a man again."
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Lady Gregory
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52 Quotes by Lady Gregory
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Ah, I am thinking people put more in their prayers than was ever put in them by God.
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