#napoleon

Napoleon loved only himself, but, unlike Hitler, he hated nobody. ↗

— J. Christopher Herold

#hitler #napoleon #age

There is no consensus even today on the merits of Napoleon - and certainly no agreement on the rights and wrongs of the origins of the First World War. ↗

— Douglas Hurd

#certainly #consensus #even #first #first world

A cannonball travels only two thousand miles an hour; light travels two hundred thousand miles a second. Such is the superiority of Jesus Christ over Napoleon. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#god #les-miserables #napoleon #science-fiction #science

Your Excellency, I have no need of this hypothesis. ↗

— Pierre Laplace

#atheist #god #humor #mathematics #napoleon

Napoleon is a torrent which as yet we are unable to stem. Moscow will be the sponge that will suck him dry. ↗

— Mikhail Kutuzov

#him #moscow #napoleon #sponge #stem

Napoleon made war like I make love—from a height of about 68 centimeters. (I wear platform shoes while I’m on my knees) ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#love #napoleon #war #funny