Princes Quotes

168 Princes quotes by 125 unique authors

What is saved in the cinema when it achieves art is a spontaneous continuity with all mankind. It is not an art of the princes… — John Berger
Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People… — Joseph de Maistre
Princes give me sufficiently if they take nothing from me, and do me much good if they do me no hurt; it is all I… — Michel de Montaigne
I regard almost all quarrels of princes on the same footing, and I see nothing that marks man's unreason so positively as war. Indeed, what… — Mary Wortley Montagu
O how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes favors! There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, that sweet aspect of… — William Shakespeare
I love playing all kinds of roles. I hope it doesn’t sound too pretentious, but I always feel human nature is like a piano, and… — Tom Hiddleston
The need to help spread democracy and the ability to do that will be much greater if we break this addiction to oil, which gives… — Jay Inslee
And it will always happen that he who is not your friend will request your neutrality and he who is your friend will ask you… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Oh thrice fools are we who like new-born princes weeping in the cradle know not that there is a kingdom before them then let our… — Samuel Rutherford
I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were wise, the most arbitrary princes could not hurt them. If… — William Blake
Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet… — Plato
On both sides the troops were commanded by royal princes and they massacred each other mercilessly. — Matthew of Edessa
There are two kinds of women: those who marry princes and those who marry frogs. The frogs never become princes, but it is an acknowledged… — Stephen Mitchell
Children understand that 'once upon a time' refers not only--not even primarily--to the past, but to the impalpable regions of the present, the deeper places… — Stephen Mitchell
The air is an extremely dangerous, jealous and exacting mistress. Once under the spell most lovers are faithful to the end, which is not always… — Winston Churchill
In the first place, most princes apply themselves to the arts of war, in which I have neither ability nor interest, instead of to the… — Thomas More
The testimony of scripture is so plain that to add anything were superfluous, were it not that the world is almost now come to that… — John Knox
But I hope that by the decision and authority of wise princes that sometime devout and learned men from the churches of other nations and… — Philipp Melanchthon
How vast those Orbs must be, and how inconsiderable this Earth, the Theatre upon which all our mighty Designs, all our Navigations, and all our… — Christiaan Huygens
For some reason, and for a time such as this, God has given me favor with kings and princes. — Michael W. Smith
There are no crown princes at Ford, — Edsel Ford
If the gospel was of a nature to be propagated or maintained by the power of the world, God would not have intrusted it to… — Martin Luther
Princes of courtesy, merciful, proud and strong. — Henry Newbolt
If princes and kings could follow it (Tao), all things would by themselves abide, Heaven and Earth would unite and sweet dew would fall. People… — Laozi
If princes and kings were not exalted they might be overthrown. — Laozi

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