The Life of Napoleon I, Volume 1 of 2 Quotes

“his personality there is a complex blending of force and grace, of animal passion and mental clearness, of northern common sense with the promptings of an oriental imagination; and this union in his nature of seeming opposites explains many of the mysteries of his life. Fortunately for lovers of romance, genius cannot be wholly analyzed,”
― John Holland Rose, The Life of Napoleon I, Volume 1 of 2