Quote by Albert Camus

The princes who have done great things are the ones who have taken little account of their promises.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“Princes should devolve on others those matters that entail responsibility, and reserve to themselves those that relate to grace and favour.”

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“Of so little weight are the greatest services to princes, when put into the balance with a refusal to gratify their passions.”

— Jonathan Swift

“Many are called, but few chosen “ (Matt. xx. 16). This external call is insufficient to salvation, yet sufficient to leave men without excuse.”

— Thomas Watson

Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head; For men, by their example, pattern out Their…

— Ben Jonson

“For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind.…

— John Calvin

“Suspicious princes often promote the last of mankind from a vain persuasion, that those who have no dependence, except on their favour, will have…

— Edward Gibbon

“When they are young, they would be old, and old, young.{244} Princes commend a private life; private men itch after honour: a magistrate commends…

— Robert Burton

“I know that we think far otherwise, and hold them most part wise men that are in authority, princes, magistrates,{185} rich men, they are…

— Robert Burton

“For this reason a prince ought to take care that he never lets anything slip from his lips that is not replete with the…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.

— Woodrow Wilson

....those who become princes through their skill acquire the pricipality with difficulty, buy they hold onto it with ease.

— Niccolo Machiavelli