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> [Between a tyrant and a prince there is this single or chief difference, that the latter obeys the law and rules the people by its dictates, accounting himself as but their servant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-salisbury/between-a-tyrant-and-a-prince-there-is-this-single-or-chief/)

[John of Salisbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-salisbury/)

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## More by John of Salisbury

> [“The only sure road to truth is humility.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-salisbury/the-only-sure-road-to-truth-is-humility/)

[John of Salisbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-salisbury/)

> [We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants. We see more, and things that are more distant, than they did, not because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-salisbury/we-are-like-dwarfs-sitting-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-we-see-more-and/)

[John of Salisbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-salisbury/)

> [Between a tyrant and a prince there is this single or chief difference, that the latter obeys the law and rules the people by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-salisbury/between-a-tyrant-and-a-prince-there-is-this-single-or-chief/)

[John of Salisbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-salisbury/)

> [He who will not when he may, may not when he will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-salisbury/he-who-will-not-when-he-may-may-not-when-he-will/)

[John of Salisbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-salisbury/)

> [The common people say, that physicians are the class of people who kill other men in the most polite and courteous manner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-salisbury/the-common-people-say-that-physicians-are-the-class-of-people-who/)

[John of Salisbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-salisbury/)

> [Accurate reading on a wide range of subjects makes the scholar; careful selection of the better makes the saint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-salisbury/accurate-reading-on-a-wide-range-of-subjects-makes-the-scholar/)

[John of Salisbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-salisbury/)

> [Verily if with mine own eyes I had seen a priest of God, or any of those who wear the monastic garb, sinning, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-salisbury/verily-if-with-mine-own-eyes-i-had-seen-a-priest-of-god-or-any-of/)

[John of Salisbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-salisbury/)

> [Just as the soul animates the body, so, in a way, meaning breathes life into a word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-salisbury/just-as-the-soul-animates-the-body-so-in-a-way-meaning-breathes-life/)

[John of Salisbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-salisbury/)

> [A man is free in proportion to the measure of his virtues, and the extent to which he is free determines what his virtues…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-salisbury/a-man-is-free-in-proportion-to-the-measure-of-his-virtues-and-the/)

[John of Salisbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-salisbury/)

> [ Among all the liberal arts, the first is logic, and specifically that part of logic which gives initial instruction about words. ... \[T\]he word… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-salisbury/among-all-the-liberal-arts-the-first-is-logic-and-specifically-that/)

[John of Salisbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-salisbury/)

> [Let him who is not come to logic be plagued with continuous and everlasting filth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-salisbury/let-him-who-is-not-come-to-logic-be-plagued-with-continuous-and/)

[John of Salisbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-salisbury/)

> [Seeking is a necessary preliminary to finding, and one who cannot endure the hardship of inquiry cannot expect to harvest the fruit of knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-salisbury/seeking-is-a-necessary-preliminary-to-finding-and-one-who-cannot/)

[John of Salisbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-salisbury/)

> [“One who comprehends truth is wise, one who loves it good, one who orders his life in accordance with it happy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-salisbury/one-who-comprehends-truth-is-wise-one-who-loves-it-good-one-who/)

[John of Salisbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-salisbury/)

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