Thanks to @animulavagula.bsky.social, it at least has a source: a book of maxims attributed to Napoleon. Not a smoking saber, but as close, I bet, as we're going to get. - ThreadSky

bcdreyer.social • 8 days ago

Thanks to @animulavagula.bsky.social, it at least has a source: a book of maxims attributed to Napoleon. Not a smoking saber, but as close, I bet, as we're going to get.

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beautymarks.bsky.social•8 days ago

It’s a translation of the French that I wouldn’t quibble with, hélas.

constancec.bsky.social•8 days ago

Trump would use these too. But he can't get Trudeau or Macron to translate for him and Melania's French isn't quite up to it.

stoner66.bsky.social•8 days ago

The only thing she does French is kiss Donald. 🤢

constancec.bsky.social•8 days ago

Oh, I doubt she even does that.

jondmaas.bsky.social•8 days ago

She's saving that for men whose touch don't make her vomit.

jesterholm.bsky.social•8 days ago

And, although it probably shouldn’t have been, the movie was a freaking bore.

jondmaas.bsky.social•8 days ago

I'm sure John Wilkes Booth said something similar...though not in French.

bcdreyer.social•8 days ago

The book's from 1838, so Napoleon was pretty solidly dead by then.

djl.bsky.social•8 days ago

Things did not end well for Napoleon as I recall.

stevemirsky.bsky.social•8 days ago

I’m good with sending Trump to Elba.

djl.bsky.social•8 days ago

I'd be down.

ikcugob.bsky.social•8 days ago

I have been advocating for the Phantom Zone.My other suggestion was a carnival cruise ship with no wifi.

ikcugob.bsky.social•8 days ago

It would not be allowed to dock anywhere.

stevemirsky.bsky.social•8 days ago

The ship must always navigate to rough seas and all meals are sprinkled with Ipecac.

pakelihe.bsky.social•8 days ago

St. Helena, not Elba. We don't need another Hundred Days.

americantype.bsky.social•8 days ago

If Elba is Gitmo, we have the concept of a plan.

jamesbennett.bsky.social•8 days ago

He couldn't escape if he wanted to.

andreasmoltke.bsky.social•8 days ago

He wasn't solidly in his tomb until 1861.

replicannot.bsky.social•8 days ago

neuvel.net•8 days ago

Well, Napoleon may not be the right person to quote but it’s a step in the right temporal direction. If we go back ten years before he takes over, there are lots of good quotes to take inspiration from.

celestaria.bsky.social•7 days ago

I don't know. Number 98 seems okay.

torbjornbjorkman.bsky.social•8 days ago

Definitely a smoking *gun*, in this case. He was an artillery officer.

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