#emperor

There was living in the palace at this time a brother of the great Germanicus, and consequently an uncle of the late emperor, whose name was Claudius Caesar. ↗

— Frederic William Farrar

#caesar #claudius #consequently #emperor #great

No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor. ↗

— Tacitus

#been #doubted #emperor #had #his

So in process of four or five years the emperor called me, as divers times he had done before. ↗

— William Adams

#called #divers #done #emperor #five

Some say," Scytale said, "that people cling to Imperial leadership because space is infinite. They feel lonely without a unifying symbol. For a lonely people, the Emperor is a definite place. They can turn toward him and say: 'See, there He is. He makes us one.' Perhaps religion serves the same purpose, m'Lord. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#emperor #religion #scytale #leadership

I always like to reveal the fact that the emperor has no clothes. And children are best at that. They teach us how to see the world in that sense. They are without artifice; they see it for what it is. I am drawn to that ruthless honesty. ↗

— Mira Nair

#am #artifice #best #children #clothes

Oh, but once my memories had pulsed with the blood-heat of life. In desperation, I forced myself to recall that once, I had walked with kings and conversed in languages never heard in this land. Once I had stood at the prow of a Sea Wolf ship and sailed oceans unknown to seamen here. I had ridden horses through desert lands, and dined on exotic foods in Arab tents. I had roamed Constantinople’s fabled streets, and bowed before the Holy Roman Emperor’s throne. I had been a slave, a spy, a sailor. Advisor and confidant of lords, I had served Arabs, Byzantines, and barbarians. I had worn captive’s rags, and the silken robes of a Sarazen prince. Once I had held a jeweled knife and taken a life with my own hand. Yes, and once I had held a loving woman in my arms and kissed her warm and willing lips...Death would have been far, far better than the gnawing, aching emptiness that was now my life. ↗

— Stephen R. Lawhead

#despair #holy-roman-emperor #memories #death

The emperor is naked!" The parade stopped. The emperor paused. A hush fell over the crowd, until one quick-thinking peasant shouted: "No, he isn't. The emperor is merely endorsing a clothing-optional lifestyle! ↗

— James Finn Garner

#emeror-s-new-clothes #emperor #fairytales #humour #politically-correct

I drink a bucket of white tea in the morning. I read about this tea of the Emperor of China, which is supposedly the tea of eternal youth. It's called Silver Needle. It's unbelievably expensive, but I get it on the Web. ↗

— Antonio Banderas

#bucket #called #china #drink #emperor

The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor. ↗

— Willa Cather

#emperor #fact #girl #i #never

Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball. ↗

— Charles V

#emperor #ever #me #name #struck