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Category Archives: Emperors

“Hidden talent counts for nothing”. –Nero

“Cursed is the man who dies, but the evil done by him survives”. –Abu Bakr

“The greatness of Christianity did not lie in attempted negotiations for compromise with any similar philosophical opinions in the ancient world, but in its inexorable fanaticism in preaching and fighting for its doctrine”. –Adolf Hitler

“It is not sufficient that I succeed — all others must fail”. –Genghis Khan

“No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing”. –Claudius

“Do every act in life as if it was your last”. –Marcus Aurelius

“Men willingly believe what they wish”. –Julius Cæsar

“I was told that the iron from bomb fragments dropped by the enemy was being used to make shovels. This confirmed my opinion that we were no longer in a position to continue the war”. –Emperor Hirohito

“Give me a woman who really loves beer and I will conquer the world”. –Kaiser Wilhelm II

“When we hang the capitalists, they will sell us the rope we will use”. –Josef Stalin

“The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, punish more severely”. –Napoleon Bonaparte

“Young men, listen to an old man to whom old men listened when he was young”. –Augustus Cæsar

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