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Rule Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- You must either conquer and rule or serve and lose, suffer or triumph, be the anvil or the hammer.
- Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them.
- It has been said that figures rule the world. Maybe. But I am sure that figures show us whether it is being ruled well or…
- Whoever makes it a rule to test action by thought, thought by action, cannot falter, and if he does, will soon find his way back…
- None are so hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free. The truth has been kept from the depth of their minds by…
- Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
- To rule is easy, to govern difficult.
- Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.
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