Famous quotes containing the words emperor, late and/or reign:
“Even the emperor has straw-sandaled relatives.”
—Chinese proverb.
“How many wives have been forced by the death of well-intentioned but too protective husbands to face reality late in life, bewildered and frightened because they were strangers to it!”
—Hortense Odlum (1892–?)
“No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.”
—Tacitus (c. 55–c. 120)