| 7 Famous Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I)
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“Soldiers, forty centuries are looking down upon you from these
pyramids.
[Fr., Soldats, du haut ces Pyramide quarante siecles vous
contemplent.]”
Monuments Quotes Source: said to his army before the Battle of the Pyramids, July 2, 1797
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“Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg.”
Ancestry Quotes Source: said to the Emperor of Austria, who hoped to trace Napoleon's lineage
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“I want to the whole of Europe to have one currency; it will make
make trading much easier.”
Europe Quotes Source: in a letter to his brother Louis
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“All Italians are plunderers.
[It., Gli Italiani tutti ladroni.]
Not all but a good part.
[It., Non tutti, ma buona parte.]”
Italy Quotes Source: said when in Italy, and the response by a lady who overheard him
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“I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has
been stopped; but when I die it will turn the page and resume its
course.
[Fr., Je suis le signet qui marque la page ou la revolution s'est
arretee; mais quand je serai mort, elle tournera le feuillet et
reprendra sa marche.]”
Revolution Quotes Source: to Count Mole
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“There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
[Fr., Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas.]”
Ridicule Quotes Source: to Abbe du Pradt, at Warsaw
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“Keep a good table and attend to the ladies.
[Fr., Tenez bonne table et soignez les femmes.]”
Eating Quotes Source: Instructions to Abbe de Pradt
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Napoleon Bonaparte (Napoleon I) Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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