Charlemagne Quote by Susan Wise Bauer

People still knew me as Charles, so when I came across Charlemagne in a history book, that sounded good: Charles the Great, a warrior…

— Charlamagne tha God

“Be fair, my friends! To be the empire of such an emperor, what a splendid destiny for a nation, when that nation is France,…

— Victor Hugo

And sometimes people say, 'Oh well, we all descend from Adam and Eve.' But do you descend from Charlemagne directly? Do you descend from…

— Princess Michael of Kent

I have been metal all my life, only I did not know about it. The people in this album (Charlemagne) and I, share the…

— Christopher Lee

“The scene lends itself to a dramatic portrayal. Here was Charles, heir of a long line of Catholic sovereigns--of Maximilian the romantic, of Ferdinand…

— Roland H. Bainton

“Charlemagne’s grandson, Charles the Bald, went further in providing a congenial atmosphere for philosophy. The leading philosopher of this period was John Scottus Eriugena,…

— John Marenbon

“The story of Lourdes starts centuries before young Bernadette encountered the beautiful woman at Massabielle. While the area of Massabielle was known as a…

— Carrie Gress

“He recounted how, after the last of Charlemagne's forty-seven victorious campaigns, when he was returning from Saxony, a comet flashed across the sky and…

— Trevor Ravenscroft

I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Charlemagne was intimately involved in the new interest in philosophy in his court. One of the earliest, in-part philosophical texts was issued as if…

— John Marenbon

The first 'Charlemagne' album is metal, of course, but what I sang was more symphonic.

— Christopher Lee

“One has to imagine the impact of Paddy on an old count from eastern Europe, barely able to live off his much-diminished lands and…

— Artemis Cooper