In a certain reign there was a lady not of the first rank whom the emperor loved more than any of the… — Murasaki Shikibu Copy Share Image
Rome ... at its most decadent, had never thought of hiring an actor to go through the motions of being an emperor… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Emperor Sid Caesar is gone to eternity himself now. He takes with him the gratitude of every one of us who first… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was… — John Keats Copy Share Image
There was living in the palace at this time a brother of the great Germanicus, and consequently an uncle of the late… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When the king asked him what he meant by infesting the sea, the pirate defiantly replied: The same as you do when… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
It becomes an emperor to die standing (i.e., "in harness"). [Lat., Decet imperatorem statem mori.] — Vespasian Copy Share Image
They do not depend upon mere legends and myths. They are not predicated on the false conception that the Emperor is divine… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
News flash, lady. There are no queens anymore,” Shane said. He loaded shells in a shotgun and snapped it shut, then searched… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
I'm not the grand poobah. I'm not the emperor. That's not what I want to be. — John Calipari Copy Share Image
An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
The enemies of Christ ... could not bear his independence; his "Give the emperor that which is the emperor's" showed a contempt… — John Carroll Copy Share Image
In the Eleusinian mysteries, they would always warn people, "if you go in here, your ego will die. You're going to have… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
In 2014, we were opposing President Xi Jinping. Five years later, we are opposing Emperor Xi Jinping. — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
“...any government was going to have traffic laws. Before the Emperor, the Republic had enforced its edicts at the laser-sharp edge of… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
Not only I lost what I had in the ship, but from the captain and the company generally what was good or… — William Adams Copy Share Image
No mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand. — Fred W. Friendly Copy Share Image
“I don't wear armor. I don't carry weapons. An emperor needs only his imagination.” — Lionel Suggs Copy Share Image
It has always been the perogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The bureaucratic manager, the consuming aesthete, the therapist, the protester and their numerous kindred occupy almost all the available culturally recognizable roles,… — Alasdair MacIntyre Copy Share Image
The observation that species are amazingly conservative and static entities throughout long periods of time has all the qualities of the emperor's… — Niles Eldredge Copy Share Image
