Like the 'little emperors' of one-child China, too many Boomers were taught early that the world was made (or saved) for their… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
We stand in need of such reflections to comfort us for the loss of some illustrious characters, which in our eyes might… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“If they [Plato and Aristotle] wrote about politics it was as if to lay down rules for a madhouse. And if they… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
That's all you get," said Alpharius, and split him in half. Alpharius sheathed his gladius, and dragged the sabre out of his… — Dan Abnett Copy Share Image
If the emperor had capriciously decreed the death of the most eminent and virtuous citizen of the republic, the cruel order would… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Follow the road behind the Emperor. We must build the world for Japan's sake, heaven ordered Japan to achieve this great mission. — Kingoro Hashimoto Copy Share Image
No cradle for an emperor's child was ever prepared with so much magnificence as this world has been made for man. But… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Englands genius filled all measureOf heart and soul, of strength and pleasure,Gave to the mind its emperor,And life was larger than before:Nor… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Civil disobedience is the core of American defiance against kings and emperors. — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
The literature of the emperor penguin is as forbidding, as inaccessible, as the frozen heart of Antarctica itself. Its beauties may be… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I am provoked at the contempt which most historians show for humanity in general; one would think by them, that the whole… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The Emperor died forsaken by all, on this horrible rock. (St. Helena) His death struggle was awful! — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“Napoleon, the greatest of the conquerors, is a sufficient proof that great men of action are criminals, and therefore, not geniuses. One… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
I used to live in Ethiopia as a child, and I lived there when Haile Selassie was the emperor. — Jack Kingston Copy Share Image
If you know your being, there is no question of becoming. All that you could have ever imagined to become you already… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Adrian, the Emperor, exclaimed incessantly, when dying, "That the crowd of physicians had killed him. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence: the Roman senate appeared to possess the sovereign authority, and devolved… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The Emperor himself amassed his great riches. The older he grew, the greater became his greed, his pitiable cupidity... he and his… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
Are you a King? Are you an Emperor? Can you stop the days passing by? If you cannot, you are nothing! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
When the first emperor wanted to unify the country, one of the major policies was to create one system of written signs.… — Ha Jin Copy Share Image
While men compete in war, there will be warriors. While there are warriors, there will be princes among warriors. Among the princes… — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
The Emperor Constantine, who lifted Christianity into power, murdered his wife Fausta, and his eldest son Crispus, the same year that he… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
We live in a very special time right now. At no other time in history has there been such mass disillusionment in… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
