Famous quotes containing the word understood:
“Napoleon never wished to be justified. He killed his enemy according to Corsican traditions [le droit corse] and if he sometimes regretted his mistake, he never understood that it had been a crime.”
—Guillaume-Prosper, Baron De Barante (1782–1866)
“We should often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives behind them.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–80)
“Those that understood him smiled at one another and shook their heads; but for mine own part, it was Greek to me.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)