I ought to have died at Waterloo

Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo by Howard David Johnson.

“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

Northen ~ Napoleon's retreat from Moscow