The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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Quotes by Napoleon III

8 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

L'empire, c'est la paix. The empire is peace.— filed under Peace
Literature. The First Jesuits in England. There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.— filed under Butchering
Imagination rules the world. C.— filed under Imagination
Tenez bonne table et soignez les femmes. Keep a good table and don't forget the ladies.— filed under Policy
Il faut laver son linge sale en famille. One should wash his soiled linen in private.— filed under Secrecy
Dec. 2, 1823. 'Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.— filed under War
Perfidious Albion.— filed under Deceit
Une nation boutiquière. A nation [England] of shopkeepers.— filed under Trade
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