"The peaceful reign I dream of is a world where the people can smoothly do what they intend to do." - Yi Do of Joseon [Sejong the Great]

"I heard the world was but a fleeting dream, but reflecting on it, it has been a long age." - Tokugawa Yoshinobu

"We shall break through the old customs of the past and follow the just path of Heaven and Earth." - Mutsuhito [Emperor Meiji]

Traitor

How futile it is; everything is but cherry blossoms before a storm. Until they scatter, it is merely a spring day's dream. - Takeda Nobukatsu

Others are the knife and the plate. We are the meat and the fish. - Sun Yat-sen

"Since the people desire a system, I cannot but ascend to the throne as Emperor." - Yuan Shikai

"Life is a gamble." - Li Zongren

Smiling Tiger