Emperor Quotes

204 Emperor quotes by 167 unique authors

First Conjuration Addressed to Emperor Lucifer. Emperor Lucifer, Master and Prince of Rebellious Spirits, I adjure thee to leave thine abode, in what-ever quarter of… — Arthur E Waite
How dangerous emperors are when they go mad. — Walid Jumblatt
A writer should always bravely face life, risking death and mutilation in order to dethrone an emperor. — Mo Yan
A grower of chrysanthemums awaited a visit from the emperor, who was coming to enjoy his blossoms, of which there were hundreds in bloom. The… — John Templeton
Once out of nature I shall never take My bodily form from any natural thing, But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make Of hammered… — William Butler Yeats
The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is the lawgiver. No playwright, no stage director, no emperor, however powerful, has… — Joseph Weizenbaum
The unpurged images of day recede; The Emperor's drunken soldiery are abed; Night resonance recedes, night-walkers' song After great cathedral gong. — William Butler Yeats
Rivers and mountains are beautiful and made heroes bow and compete to catch the girl- lovely earth. Yet the emperors Shih Huang and Wu Ti… — Mao Zedong
There's a dark underside to philanthropy. People who give a bunch of money are deferred to, even when they are wrong. The emperor cannot be… — Michael Eric Dyson
They do not depend upon mere legends and myths. They are not predicated on the false conception that the Emperor is divine and that the… — Hirohito
Is it not a noble farce, where kings, republics, and emperors have for so many ages played their parts, and to which the whole vast… — Michel de Montaigne
No philosophy, my son; it is of no use to an emperor. — Unknown Author
An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the… — Saint Augustine
The Germanic invasions destroyed neither the Mediterranean unity of the ancient world, nor what may be regarded as the truly essential features of the Roman… — Henri Pirenne
Take it all in all, I do not believe anybody on earth has a worse time than an Emperor penguin. — Apsley Cherry-Garrard
I began writing for kids because I wanted to effect a change in American society. I continue in that spirit. By the time we reach… — Arnold Adoff
I am at a loss to figure out how to rid my e-mail of those bottom-feeders of the electronic world, the generators of spam.... If… — Richard Turner
The famous Apollonius being very early at Vespasian's gate, and finding him stirring, from thence conjectured that he was worthy to govern an empire, and… — Nicolas Caussin
In the second century A.D. the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius may have best defined pantheism when he wrote, “Everything is interwoven, and the web is… — Sharman Apt Russell
A captured pirate was brought before Alexander the Great. “How dare you molest the sea?” asked Alexander. “How dare you molest the whole world?” the… — Noam Chomsky
Even kings and emperors, with mountains of property and oceans of wealth - these are not even equal to an ant, who does not forget… — Guru Nanak
The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome. — John Foxe
Far too long, historians have accepted the claim that the conversion of the Emperor Constantine (ca. 285-337) caused the triumph of Christianity. To the contrary,… — Rodney Stark
When truthsayers have the courage to say the emperor is wearing no clothes, whether you agree with their point of view or not, send them… — Barbara Marciniak
"Some would call you a saint, some a chandala; some a lunatic, others a demon. Go on then straight to thy work without heeding either"… — Swami Vivekananda

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