Phrase in the title is the quotation from Napoleon Bonaparte. That way he inspired french soldiers before battle against Mameluke cavalry. (At that time Mameluke army considered to be invincible). It is hard to tell how important that inspirational speech was but result is well known: Napoleon army won.
Sculpture on the image above maybe not so heroic: it is "Seated Scribe" from Paris Louvre museum. But he belongs to the same place: Egypt and his age is pretty close to forty centuries (at least thirty five). I first saw him in the history text book while I was in the middle school . Picture of him stood out because, unlike all other illustrations in that book, subject of it was neither warrior nor king. Not even hard working slave. He was (as we call such a people nowadays) office worker . And that why I remembered him.
Many years later during visit to Paris I met the guy again and I was glad to see him. The same way I would be glad to meet old buddy after many years of separation.
Louvre rules allow making photos under conditions that no flash will be fired and there will be no commercial use. I had a DSLR camera with me: Pentax K200D with basic kit lens (18-55 mm). The camera (10 MB sensor) was modest even at that time (2010). But lighting in the museum was excellent so even hand held I could make a decent photo.
If somebody wants to know photo EXIF details, here they are:
- Camera Model: Pentax K200D
- Lens: SMC Pentax-DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 AL II
- Focal length: 28.1mm (35mm equivalent: 42mm)
- Exposure Time: 1/50s (0.020)
- Aperture: F/4.0
- ISO Equivalent: 200
(I still have the lens but do not have the camera anymore: I gave it as a gift and often miss it.)