Cases Quote by Ben Jonson

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

— Seneca

A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and confident; for, with a…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse this mercifulness.…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

I say that every prince must desire to be considered merciful and not cruel. He must, however, take care not to misuse this mercifulness.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“For how we live is so far removed from how we ought to live, that he who abandons what is done for what ought…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

The clemency of princes is very often only a state-trick,to gain upon the affections of their subjects.

— François La Rochefoucauld Duc De

The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such as have only to execute them.

— Michel de Montaigne

A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.

— Ovid

That is the saddest thing: He [Prince] always thought I would die of a drug overdose, and here it happens he dies of an…

— Stevie Nicks

It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard himself as from a…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

That prince is acceptable to me who becomes a prince among his people's servants.

— Mahatma Gandhi

He has many qualities as a prince, but he is not a surgeon.

— Sven-Goran Eriksson