42 Quotes About Emperor



  • Author Niketas Choniates
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    And should there exist someone endowed with the beauty of a statue and the lyrical eloquence of a nightingale in song, gifted, moreover, with ready wit, then the wearer of the crown can neither sleep nor rest, but his sleep is interrupted, his voluptuousness suppressed, his appetite for pleasure lost, and he is filled with grave apprehensions; with wicked tongue he curses the creator nature for fashioning others suitable to rule and for not making him the first and last and the fairest of men.

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  • Author Victor Hugo
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    Ce siècle avait deux ans, Rome remplaçait SparteDéjà Napoléon perçait sous BonaparteEt du premier consul, déjà par maint endroitLe front de l'empereur brisait le masque étroit

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  • Author Isobel Field
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    Everybody sympathized with him so much that when he appeared in his fantastic uniform and declared himself to be Emperor of America nobody had the heart to contradict him. He was a gentle and kindly man, and fortunately found himself in the friendliest and most sentimental city in the world, the idea being 'let him be emperor if he wants to.' San Francisco played the game with him.

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