Think of it, soldiers; from the summit of these pyramids, forty centuries look down upon… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Think of it, soldiers; from the summit of these pyramids, forty centuries look down upon you.
In the original French
Du haut de ces pyramides quarante siècles vous contemplent!
1823
★ 3.8Speech to the French army in Egypt on July 21st, 1798, before the Battle of the Pyramids.
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Bonaparte, Napoleon. Quoted in Memoirs of the History of France During the Reign of Napoleon, written by Gaspard Gourgaud. Vol. 2, London: Henry Colburn, 1823. Originally stated during a speech prior to the Battle of the Pyramids [Battle of Embabeh]. 21 July 1798, Embabeh, Egypt.
