Jean Baptiste Bernadotte

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    Napoleon has not been conquered by men. He was greater than any of us. God punished him because he relied solely on his own intelligence until that incredible instrument was so strained that it broke.
    —Jean Baptiste Bernadotte (1763–1844)

    It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I don’t want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.
    Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)

    A Republican by principle and devotion, I will, until my death, oppose all Royalists ... and all enemies of my Government and the Republic.
    —Jean Baptiste Bernadotte (1763–1844)