Emperor Quotes

204 Emperor quotes by 167 unique authors

The Emperor Constantine, who lifted Christianity into power, murdered his wife Fausta, and his eldest son Crispus, the same year that he convened the Council… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Once upon a time humans faced each other and pulled thoughts from minds, advanced rapidly, revolutionised industry and evolved explosively. Then one day they stopped,… — Craig Stone
At least when the Emperor Justinian, a sky-god man, decided to outlaw sodomy, he had to come up with a good practical reason, which he… — Gore Vidal
We, Seth, Emperor of Azania, Chief of Chiefs of Sakuyu, Lord of Wanda and Tyrant of the Seas, Bachelor of the Arts of Oxford University,… — Evelyn Waugh
Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. — Khalil Gibran
The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies… — Benjamin Disraeli
Though I am not imperial, and though Elizabeth may not deserve it, the Queen of England will easily deserve to have an emperor's son to… — Elizabeth I
Better a living beggar than a buried emperor. — Jean de La Fontaine
He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors. — Rudyard Kipling
Like the 'little emperors' of one-child China, too many Boomers were taught early that the world was made (or saved) for their comfort and enjoyment.… — Eric Liu
I always like to reveal the fact that the emperor has no clothes. And children are best at that. They teach us how to see… — Mira Nair
Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God. — Guru Nanak
Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and… — Horatio Nelson
I was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, and we were very wealthy. — Yoko Ono
No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart. — Friedrich Schiller
The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream. — Wallace Stevens
No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor. — Tacitus
The policy of the emperors and the senate, as far as it concerned religion, was happily seconded by the reflections of the enlightened, and by… — Edward Gibbon
You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve," said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest… — C.S. Lewis
During the Qin Dynasty, all books not relating to practical concerns such as agriculture or construction were ordered burned by the emperor to guard against… — Max Brooks
The right song can turn an emperor into a laughingstock, can bring down dynasties. — Neil Gaiman
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best, stand naturally and… — Henry David Thoreau
If they [Plato and Aristotle] wrote about politics it was as if to lay down rules for a madhouse. And if they pretended to treat… — Blaise Pascal
The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war… — Michel de Montaigne
One day, quite some time ago, I happened on a photograph of Napoleon’s youngest brother, Jerome, taken in 1852. And I realized then, with an… — Roland Barthes

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