Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus? — William Rowan Hamilton Copy Share Image
No conquest can ever become permanent which does not show itself beneficial to the conquered as well as to the conquerors. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The inactivity of a conqueror betrays the loss of strength and blood . . . — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Stop complaining and do something... Shut up! Rise up! Grow up! And show up! See you at the top!” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man", And its hero the Conqueror… — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
There is a war that makes us adore our conquerors and despise ourselves. — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
My mother Diana was a true-blue aristocrat, descended from William the Conqueror and listed in 'Burke's Peerage.' My father David, from a… — Celia Imrie Copy Share Image
Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty, remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“On tue un homme, on est un assassin. On tue des millions d'hommes, on est un conquérant. On les tue tous, on… — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
It is unfortunate that so much of the history of Africa has been written by conquerors, foreigners, missionaries and adventurers. The Egyptians… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
When William the Conqueror commissioned a great survey of his English realm at Gloucester in 1085, the result was a work so… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
Set faith at work on Christ for the killing of thy sin. His blood is the great sovereign remedy for sin-sick souls.… — John Owen Copy Share Image
“The first person you have to conquer is you. This is because when at last you win over million people, the first… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Tyrion Lannister could not have been more astonished if Aegon the Conqueror himself had burst into the room, riding on a dragon… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A true conception of the relation of the sexes will not admit of conqueror and conquered; it knows of but one great… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Pleasures bring effeminacy, and effeminacy foreruns ruin; such conquests, without blood or sweat, sufficiently do revenge themselves upon their intemperate conquerors. — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
When lions paint pictures men will not always be represented as conquerors. When women translate laws, constitutions, bibles and philosophies, man will… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Fossil energy is the worst discovery man ever made, and his disruption of the carbon-oxygen cycle is the greatest of his triumphs… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
The only true conqueror who shall be crowned in the end is he who continues until war's trumpet is blown no more…… — Alistair Begg Copy Share Image
Fear accomplishes much in love. The husband of the Middle Ages was loved by his wife for his very severity. The bride… — Jules Michelet Copy Share Image
“Of whomsoever else he might be the conqueror, Alexander was never the conqueror of India! He did not even see the courtyard… — Savarkar Copy Share Image
War is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror. Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
A skillful commander is not overbearing. A skillful fighter does not become angry. A skillful conqueror does not compete with people. One… — Laozi Copy Share Image
American writers often say they find it difficult to write Superman. They say he's too powerful; you can't give him problems. But… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
All the entertainment and talk of history is nothing almost but fighting and killing: and the honour and renown that is bestowed… — John Locke Copy Share Image
People of Baghdad, remember for 26 generations you have suffered under strange tyrants who have ever endeavoured to set one Arab house… — Frederick Stanley Maude Copy Share Image
The Spanish voyager, as his caravel ploughed the adjacent seas, might give full scope to his imagination, and dream that beyond the… — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
