That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath somewhat the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Where are the numerous constructions erected by Agrippa, of which only the Pantheon remains? Where are the splendorous palaces of the emperors? — Petrarch Copy Share Image
“Have I have played my part well in the comedy of life? If so, clap your hands and dismiss me from the… — Augustus Copy Share Image
When truthsayers have the courage to say the emperor is wearing no clothes, whether you agree with their point of view or… — Barbara Marciniak Copy Share Image
Is it not a noble farce, wherein kings, republics, and emperors have for so many ages played their parts, and to which… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Daniel was in the greatest credit amongst the Jews, till the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian . And to reject his… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
“...like the emperor striding confidently along without clothes, convinced by them and their inward monitions that their criticism is effecting changes in… — Samuel Pickering Copy Share Image
Everything Mengistu has done since 1977 has been to place himself in a position of uncontestable power. Neither Haile Selassie nor any… — Mengistu Haile Mariam Copy Share Image
“The Emperor represents our acceptance of authority, either that of our parents or employers or the state and government under which we… — Rob Parnell Copy Share Image
“The chamber was possibly the grandest she'd ever entered. The ceilings were impossibly high, held up by slender red pillars with gilded… — Elizabeth Lim Copy Share Image
The Romans called the Christians atheists. Why? Well, the Christians had a god of sorts, but it wasn't a real god. They… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
You got a problem?" he drawled, obviously expecting me to pee my pants before falling to the ground and groveling like an… — Jennifer Rardin Copy Share Image
The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver. No playwright, no stage director, no emperor,… — Joseph Weizenbaum Copy Share Image
“An emperor walks with his court through many fields of roses until they come to a barren spot. There he sees one… — Kathleen Flinn Copy Share Image
I felt that one of the major issues in the third film is that Luke is finally on his own and has… — George Lucas 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
“You do realize that you are addressing the emperor of the Crescent Empire." "And you are addressing a free woman of the… — Sarah Beth Durst Copy Share Image
All the people I talk to, increasingly, can see that the emperor has got no clothes. The case for leaving [the EU]… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
“The Emperor tells us that civilization will only achieve perfection when the last stone of the last church falls upon the last… — Graham McNeill Copy Share Image
The emperor would prefer the poet to keep away from politics, the emperor's domain, so that he can manage things the way… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I was wondering if anyone knows how much would a real Japanese emperor Sword costs? it's about 100 to 200 years old,… — Machkorm Copy Share Image
It's impossible to tell what's going on at any given moment in Tomb of the Dragon Emperor; it's even harder to care… — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
Without water we are nothing", the traveler thought. "Even an emperor, denied water, would swiftly turn to dust. Water is the real… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple. Great kings, emperors, generals, admirals and… — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share Image
“The emperor beckons me; he wants me to marry his daughter. The road to the capital is long and distant; I don't… — Yu Hua Copy Share Image
Each suburban housewife spends her time presiding over a power plant sufficient to have staffed the palace of a Roman emperor with… — Margaret Mead 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
“– we’re criminals ,” Baasen went on as if the other man hadn’t even spoken. “Not looking to make anything about the… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
If it had not been for the English I should have been emperor of the East, but wherever there is water to… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The famous Apollonius being very early at Vespasian's gate, and finding him stirring, from thence conjectured that he was worthy to govern… — Nicolas Caussin Copy Share Image
The unpurged images of day recede; The Emperor's drunken soldiery are abed; Night resonance recedes, night-walkers' song After great cathedral gong. — William Butler Yeats 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
As a boy I used to go to the Chamber of Horrors at the annual fair, to look at the wax figures… — Ernst Toller Copy Share Image
I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I drink a bucket of white tea in the morning. I read about this tea of the Emperor of China, which is… — Antonio Banderas Copy Share Image
“Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and triumph they could become… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
A lot of writers whom I love, admire and call friends share this feeling, which is this fundamental idea that we're frauds.… — Damon Lindelof Copy Share Image
The emperor is naked!" The parade stopped. The emperor paused. A hush fell over the crowd, until one quick-thinking peasant shouted: "No,… — James Finn Garner Copy Share Image
Not a single bird makes its first leap from a tree without faith, and not a single animal in the jungle begins… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
[On Napoleon:] The Emperor is too grand for anybody to tell him the truth, everybody who surrounds him flatters him all day… — Josephine de Beauharnais Copy Share Image
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