“ When we set about accounting for a Napoleon or a Shakespeare or a Raphael or a Wagner or an Edison or other extraordinary person, we understand that the measure of his talent will not explain the whol… Mark Twain
“ This society [Jesuits] has been a greater calamity to mankind than the French Revolution, or 's despotism or ideology. It has obstructed the progress of reformation and the improvement of the human mi… John Adams
“ I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me. Arthur Wellesley
“ He is not a great man. None of us are great men. We are just caught in the wave of history. Dave Malloy
“ In 1819 the proudest man in all of England was , without a doubt , the Duke of Wellington . This was not particularly surprising ; when a man has twice defeated the armies of the wicked French Emperor… Susanna Clarke
“ Napoleon would always be extremely fastidious when it came to other people's morals, although his own were frequently questionable. Leslie Carroll
