"Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule…" — Ambrose Bierce
"Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey."
More Despot Quotes
- Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. — Mikhail Bakunin
- Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle… — Aeschylus
- Peace /n/: A rare state which has only existed when a despot has been fearsome or strong enough to impose… — Boyd Rice
- Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the… — Eric Hoffer
- In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the… — Thomas Jefferson
- If men use their liberty in such a way as to surrender their liberty, are they thereafter any the less… — Herbert Spencer
- The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
- A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot. — Thomas B. Macaulay
- Nothing is more durable than the dynasty of Doubt; for he reigns in the hearts of all his people, but… — Charles Caleb Colton
- I realized that I had granted my illness lordship over me. In viewing my depression as a despot subjecting me… — Eric G. Wilson
- The American cultural ideal of the self-made man, of everyone standing on his own feet, is as tragic a picture… — Kurt Lewin
- Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and… — Aeschines