Napoleonic Wars/war Between Britain and France 1803%e2%80%931814

Famous quotes containing the words wars, war, britain and/or france:

    “O how wretched
    Is that poor man that hangs on princes’ favors!
    There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to,
    More pangs and fears than wars or women have;
    And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer,
    Never to hope again.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles, but ours seems to be based on war and games.”
    —William Burroughs (b. 1914)

    “Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be “too clever by half.” The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.”
    —John Major (b. 1943)

    “It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)