Famous quotes containing the words napoleon bonaparte iii, napoleon bonaparte, napoleon, bonaparte and/or iii:
“The army is the true nobility of our country.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte III (18081873)
“The Empress is Legitimist, my cousin is Republican, Morny is Orleanist, I am a socialist; the only Bonapartist is Persigny, and he is mad.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte III (18081873)
“I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like a good idea at the time.”
—Bill Cosby (20th century)
“As to moral courage, I have rarely met with two oclock in the morning courage; I mean instantaneous courage.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte (17691821)
“Knavery seems to be so much a the striking feature of its inhabitants that it may not in the end be an evil that they will become aliens to this kingdom.”
—George III (17381820)