The same reason that makes us chide and brawl and fall out with any of our neighbors, causeth a war to follow… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men, leaving the secrets of nature to those that have spare… — George Herbert Copy Share Image
“To gain everything and lose everything in the space of a moment. That is the fate of all princes destined for the… — C.S. Pacat Copy Share Image
You have to be a prince to understand the people, and you have to belong to the people to understand the princes. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Almost in every kingdom the most ancient families have been at first princes' bastards. — Robert Burton Copy Share Image
There’s no such thing as handsome princes, she told herself. There’s no such thing as happily ever after. — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
Both princes and princesses belong in palaces of power, but the doors won't always open unless you fight for your rights. — Gloria Allred Copy Share Image
“A privateer learns to press any advantage.” “And a prince?” “Princes get used to the word yes .” — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“This is how things come to pass in the world,' one of the princes is supposed to have said. 'Blood flows one… — Ismail Kadare Copy Share Image
I would have carved on the portals of the National Press Club, Put not your trust in princes. Only the very rarest… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
It is a maxim in philosophy that ambitious men can be never good counselors to princes; the desire of having more is… — Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford Copy Share Image
That which concerns the mystery of the King's power is not lawful to be disputed; for that is to wade into the… — King James I Copy Share Image
Their chief residence was Bagdad, where they remained until the eleventh century, an age fatal in Oriental history, from the disasters of… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
“Princes know themselves to be princes, and are not snobs; besides, they believe themselves to be so far above everything that is… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Since the princes take the Earth for their own, it's fair that the philosophers reserve the sky for themselves and rule there,… — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle Copy Share Image
A prince must not have any objective nor any thought, nor take up any art, other than the art of war and… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
With fantasy, one often has to think of a well-loved series before narrowing the selection to a favourite book. So it is… — Neal Asher Copy Share Image
“Hey," Anaxantis protested. "Oh," he added, when the Muktar prince took his member in his mouth. "Oh... that's what you meant by… — Andrew Ashling Copy Share Image
In the first place, most princes apply themselves to the arts of war, in which I have neither ability nor interest, instead… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
“Without doubt, princes become great when they overcome difficulties and hurdles put in their path. When fortune wants to advance a new… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“But the princes, putting the words of their wise men to naught, thought each to himself: If I but strike quickly enough,… — Walter M. Miller Jr Copy Share Image
“When they are young, they would be old, and old, young.{244} Princes commend a private life; private men itch after honour: a… — Robert Burton Copy Share Image
We cannot enter into alliance with neighbouring princes until we are acquainted with their designs. We are not fit to lead an… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Far away, where the swallows take refuge in winter, lived a king who had eleven sons and one daughter, Elise. The eleven… — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
“Generals trump Majors," Ursan said. "True, but do princes trump generals?" "I attacked him." "Ryne's not the type to hold a grudge."… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
“Princes always are always happy to see developing among their subjects the taste for agreeable arts and for superfluities which do not… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
There are and always will be thousands of princes, but there is only one Beethoven! — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
The more princes abstain from touching the wealth of their people, the greater will be their resources in the wants of the… — Pulcheria Copy Share Image
We know that no trust can be placed on princes and that cursed is the man who placeth his reliance on an… — Thomas Becket Copy Share Image
