Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

If I had not been defeated in Acre against Jezzar Pasha of Turk. I would conquer all of the East.

Napoleon Bonaparte

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• If I had not been defeated in Acre against Jezzar Pasha of Turk. I would conquer all of the East.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Defeated
  • Acre
  • Turk