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Empires Quotes by John Milton
- The childhood shows the man As morning shows the day. Be famous then By wisdom; as thy empire must extend, So let extend thy mind…
- Neither prosperity nor empire nor heaven can be worth winning at the price of a virulent temper, bloody hands, an anguished spirit, and a vain…
- This having learnt, thou hast attained the sum Of wisdom; hope no higher, though all the stars Thou knew'st by name, and all th'ethereal powers,…
More Empires Quotes
- Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United States, can… — Margaret Atwood
- Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. — Marcus Aurelius
- That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of… — Amelia Barr
- The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire. — Dave Barry
- I've got a lot that I want to do, so I would like to expand my empire, for sure. I love it. — Victoria Beckham
- The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art… — William Blake
- Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments - a republic whose… — William Jennings Bryan
- The world survived the fall of the Roman empire and will no doubt outlast our own so much more splendid civilisation. — James Buchan
- When did women whose looks are not their living start conducting themselves like the simpering inmates of an Ottoman empire seraglio? — Julie Burchill
- Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together. — Edmund Burke
- America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to… — George W. Bush
- To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty. — Samuel Butler