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Authority Quotes by William Shakespeare
- Though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft let by the nose with gold.
- Man, proud man, drest in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assur d, glassy essence, like an angry ape, plays such…
- Art made tongue-tied by authority.
- Do you take me for a sponge, my lord? hamlet: Ay, sir; that soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers…
- Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar? And the creature run from the cur. There thou mightst behold the great image of…
- Thieves for their robbery have authority When judges steal themselves.
- Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured.
- Shall remain! Hear you this Triton of the minnows? Mark you His absolute 'shall'?
- Thus can the demigod Authority Make us pay down for our offense by weight The words of heaven; on whom it will, it will, On…
- Merciful heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud man, Dressed…
- Well, I must be patient; there is no fettering of authority.
- Study is like the heaven's glorious sun, That will not be deep-searched with saucy looks: Small have continual plodders ever won, Save base authority from…
- Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners: so that if we…
- Man, proud man, dressed in a little brief authority, like an angry ape, play such fantastic tricks before high heaven as make the angels weep
More Authority Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority. — Francis Bacon
- A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing. — Pearl Bailey
- The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good newspapers are… — Russell Baker
- Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of… — Mikhail Bakunin
- But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity… — Mikhail Bakunin
- I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason. — Mikhail Bakunin
- Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams
- I cannot stand authority. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will… — Samuel Adams
- No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. — Joseph Addison