Princes Quotes

168 Princes quotes by 125 unique authors

....those who become princes through their skill acquire the pricipality with difficulty, buy they hold onto it with ease. — Niccolo Machiavelli
The same reason that makes us chide and brawl and fall out with any of our neighbors, causeth a war to follow between Princes. — Michel de Montaigne
War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never. — Charles Caleb Colton
How many emperors and how many princes have lived and died and no record of them remains, and they only sought to gain dominions and… — Leonardo da Vinci
Courtesy which oft is found in lowly sheds, with smoky rafters, than in tapestry halls and courts of princes, where it first was named. — John Milton
Where princes are concerned, a man who is able to do good is as dangerous and almost as criminal as a man who intends to… — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi
The word must is not to be used to princes. — Elizabeth I
It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for control over government itself.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace. — Thomas More
The observance of Lent is the very badge of Christian warfare. By it we prove ourselves not to be enemies of Christ. By it we… — Pope Benedict XIV
Only the very rarest of princes can endure even a little criticism, and few of them can put up with even a pause in the… — Walter Lippmann
The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such as have only to execute them. — Michel de Montaigne
Search then the ruling passion; there alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known; The fool consistent, and the false sincere; Priests, princes, women,… — Alexander Pope
And your Highnesses, as Catholic Christians and Princes, devoted to the holy Christian faith and the propagation thereof - and enemies of the sect of… — Christopher Columbus
The spectacle of a field of battle after the combat, is sufficient to inspire Princes with the love of peace, and the horror of war. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I have no commiseration for princes. My sympathies are reserved for the great mass of mankind …. — Henry Clay
Ambitious princes value inherited kingdoms not so much as conquered provinces. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Princes rule the people, and their own passions rule Princes; but Providence can over-rule the whole, and draw the instruments of his inscrutable purposes from… — Charles Caleb Colton
When a monarchy gradually transforms itself into a republic, the executive power there preserves titles, honors, respect, and even money long after it has lost… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The trees are Indian Princes, But soon they'll turn to Ghosts; The scanty pears and apples Hang russet on the bough; Its Autumn, Autumn, Autumn… — William Allingham
I saw pale kings and princes too, Pale warriors, death-pale were they all; They cried- "La Belle Dame sans Merci Hath thee in thrall! — John Keats
I think looking back to my own childhood, the fact that so many of the stories I read allowed the possibility of frogs turning into… — Richard Dawkins
The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes. — Desiderius Erasmus
Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society. — Niccolo Machiavelli
I was shortly again at the castle, and the Princess gave me her hand to kiss and then brought her children, the young princes and… — Max Muller

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