I ought to have died at Waterloo

[caption id="attachment_10134" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo by Howard David Johnson.[/caption]

“I ought to have died at Waterloo; perhaps a little earlier. Had I died at Moscow I should probably have had the reputation of the greatest conqueror the world has ever known. I ought to have died at Waterloo; but the misfortune is, that when a man seeks the most for death he cannot find it. Men were killed around me, before, behind, everywhere, but no bullet for me.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte

[caption id="attachment_10136" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Adolph Northen ~ Napoleon's retreat from Moscow[/caption]