“ Erroneous vassals! the great King of Kings Hath in the table of his law commanded That thou shalt do no murder. Will you then Spurn at his edict, and fulfil a man's? ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 1.1K
“ It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor. ”
- Neil Gaiman- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that for thee; but a king can confirm thy nobility to men. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
- 2.9K
“ The people are fashioned according to the example of their kings; and edicts are of less power than the life of their ruler. ”
- Claudian- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Emperor? You old fake! / You're no Emperor. You're just an onion. / Now then, little Peer, I'm going to peel you. ”
- Henry Jacobsen- Copy
- 395
“ Next time what I'd do is look at the earth before saying anything. I'd stop just before going into a house and be an emperor for a minute and listen better to the wind or to the air being still. ”
- William Stafford- Copy
- 2.5K
“ It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes. ”
- Victor Hugo- Copy
- 1.5K
“ The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all. ”
- Niccolo Machiavelli- Copy
- 3K
“ No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor. ”
- Publius Cornelius Tacitus- Copy
- 1.5K
“ Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
- 795
“ He wrapped himself in quotations — as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors. ”
- Rudyard Kipling- Copy
- 2.8K
“ I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring. ”
- Otto Von Bismarck- Copy
- 478
“ I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor. ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
- 166
“ No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart. ”
- Johann Friedrich von Schiller- Copy
- 164
“ The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor. ”
- Willa Lather- Copy
- 867
“ Death may be the King of terrors… but Jesus is the King of kings! ”
- Dwight L. Moody- Copy
- 682
“ The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. ”
- Niccolo Machiavelli- Copy
- 623
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