Quotes
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Letizia Bonaparte : Emperor or not, your white britches will always be covered with stains. I don't know what you do with your britches!
Louis Bonaparte : He wipes his pen on them, of course!
[Bonaparte family laughs]
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Napoléon : Do you think she would have abandoned me if I'd lost on the 18th Brumaire? If I'd been thrown into prison, or even executed? No, Lucien. Josephine would have never abandoned me. I have decided that she will be crowned with me. From now on, Josephine will not only be your daughter-in-law. She will be your empress. So please take note of it.
Letizia Bonaparte : It won't stop me thinking of...
Napoléon : You will think in silence. Two paces behind her.
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Letizia Bonaparte : You want the pope to come here? But you don't know what you're talking about, Napoleon. You can go to Rome to see the pope and receive his blessing. But he will never come here just for you.
Napoléon : Yes, he will. He owes me a lot. I drew up a concordat that restored peace between the church and the state. Without it, there would be no more religion in France, and God would be just another emigre.
