Constantinople Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte Download Open image “If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.” — Napoleon Bonaparte ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Constantinople Earth Ifs Istanbul States Would be
If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
“There are some cities in the world, they would have looked much more beautiful had they never been a city and İstanbul is such… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
İstanbul is a magical seal which unites Europe and Asia since the ancient times. Without a doubt, Istanbul is certainly the most beautiful place… — Gerard De Nerval Copy Share Image
Istanbul is one of the most incredible cities in the world, and a must - see as much as London, Paris, or New York. It's the past, present, and future, and a city where you never know what will happen from one minute to the next. It's also a melting pot of so many cultures from that region which is… — Hussein Chalayan Copy Share
Istanbul is divided by time, not space. The first Istanbul is the Istanbul of the past. A long time ago, during the empire, it was beautiful, it was the glorious time of our nation, people say. Then, when they talk about today, they complain about it: It's very melancholic, it's very stressful. We've lost our golden age in the past,… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share
Istanbul, a universal beauty where poet and archeologist, diplomat and merchant, princess and sailor, northerner and westerner screams with same admiration. The whole world… — Edmondo De Amicis Copy Share Image
If the European Union wants to be an address where civilizations meet, it must take Turkey in. — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
Istanbul is an unbelievable city, just really beautiful and the people are really, really nice. — Jordan Larson Copy Share Image
Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Almost everything I have read about Istanbul talks about it as the gateway to the east. We're so programmed to think of it like… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
“Had I been told Istanbul used to be a poorer, smaller and happier city, I might not have believed it, but that’s what my… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A great reputation is a great noise, the more there is of it, and the further does it swell. Land, monuments, Nations, all fall,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
My decision to destroy the authority of the blacks in Saint Domingue (Haiti) is not so much based on considerations of commerce and money,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Always have the fear of God in your heart, and remember that God is always with you, everywhere, whether you are walking or sitting. — Gennadius of Constantinople Copy Share Image
Constantinople was the principal seat and fortress of Arianism; and, in a long interval of forty years, the faith of the princes and prelates… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The Government should take a firm, bold line. This delay - this uncertainty, by which, abroad, we are losing our prestige and our position,… — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
In all times and in all places--in Constantinople, northwestern Zambia, Victorian England, Sparta, Arabia, . . . medieval France,Babylonia, . . . Carthage, Mahenjo-Daro,… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
The pastoral labours of the archbishop of Constantinople provoked and gradually united against him two sorts of enemies; the aspiring clergy, who envied his… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
A street in Constantinople is a picture which one ought to see once-not oftener. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Environment is a sculptor - a painter. If we had been born in Constantinople, then most of us would have said: 'There is no… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Seldom can two such epoch-making events have occurred in successive years as happened then. In 1453 the Turks stormed Constantinople and finally destroyed the… — Frederic G. Kenyon Copy Share Image
Since the building of Constantinople, and the removal of the seat of government to that city, no political quarrel separated Rome from Egypt. Pagan… — Samuel Sharpe Copy Share Image
In Constantinople, more Christians were slaughtered by Christians in the years 342-343 than by all the persecutions by pagans in the history of Rome. — Will Durant Copy Share Image
I am ashamed to see what a shallow village tale our so-called History is. How many times must we say Rome, and Paris, and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The division of the Roman world between the sons of Theodosius marks the final establishment of the empire of the East, which, from the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
