Corpses Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

The body of a dead enemy always smells sweet.

— Anonymous

“Such was the cost of dealing with the Romans: even when one fought against them, the stain of their violence licked and crackled at…

— Ruth Downie

“The Romans feared their dead. In fact, Roman funeral customs derived from a need to propitiate the sensibilities of the departed. The very word…

— Catharine Arnold

“And Caesar's spirit, raging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry…

— William Shakespeare

Such was the unhappy condition of the Roman emperors, that, whatever might be their conduct, their fate was commonly the same. A life of…

— Edward Gibbon

It is scarcely possible that the eyes of contemporaries should discover in the public felicity the latent causes of decay and corruption. This long…

— Edward Gibbon

“blasphemy, pride, injustice and all the vices which are like the rottenness of souls, are found heaped up. To this moral filth a corporal…

— Fr Francois Xavier Schouppe

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.

— Anonymous

“Her marble tears run down her marble face. A stranger is someone who has no handkerchief. Who has no words to say. Whose shadow…

— Anne Carson

“You fought well on Mona, my Mules, but I have brought you here for a little more javelin practice.’ The words carried along the…

— Douglas Jackson

The gentlemen like it when a lady smells sweet.

— Bertrice Small

“When you go to Rome, do as Rome does. Rome will be a ugly customer to you, if you don't. I'm your Rome, you…

— Charles Dickens