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“An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people.”

People Should Artist Understanding Sides Emperor

Author:Chinua Achebe

“Not only is the Napoleonic dream stronger today in our imaginations than it has ever been, but one can already feel the slow falling away of moral opprobrium from our memory of Hitler. In another fifty years we may well find ourselves weighed down by a second monstrous dream of pure grandeur to match that of the Emperor. Two men who dared. Two men who were adored. Two men who led with brilliance. Two men who administered fairly and efficiently. Two men who were modest in their own needs but surrounded by lesser beings who profited from their situation and came between the Hero and the people.”

Source: Voltaire's Bastards: The Dictatorship of Reason in the West

“When I wrote 'The Alexandria Link,' I discovered that we are only aware of about 10 percent of the knowledge of the ancient world. In the ancient world, most of the knowledge was destroyed. Every emperor of China who came in wiped out everything that came before them, to the point that the country completely forgot its past.”

World Country Past Percent Ancient China Destroyed Links Emperor Ancient World Alexandria

Author:Steve Berry

“I also won one from the emperor of Japan, with a prize for the arts. That's important.”

Art Important Japan Prize Emperor

Author:Marcel Carne

“I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.”

Country Citizens Independent Emperor Independent Country

Author:Bao ?ai

“Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.”

Buried Beggar Emperor Beggary

Author:Jean de La Fontaine