Administration Quote by Edward Gibbon

Theodosius was chaste and temperate; he enjoyed, without excess, the sensual and social pleasures of the table, and the warmth of his amorous passions…

— Edward Gibbon

The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants.

— Samuel Johnson

“Menestheus, the son of Peteus, grandson of Orneus, and the great-grandson to Erechtheus, the first man that is recorded to have affected popularity and…

— Plutarch

Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory. He who enjoys it wields a power more…

— Winston Churchill

“Erasmus says that you should praise a ruler even for qualities he does not have. For the flattery gives him to think. And the…

— Hilary Mantel

“Crowds exhibit a docile respect for force, And are but slightly impressed by kindness, Which for them is scarcely other than a form of…

— Gustave Le Bon

“Among the Huguenots he learned to be gentle and courteous; to bear himself among his elders respectfully, but without fear or shyness; to consider…

— G. A. HENTY

“When it shall be desired to enlighten man, let him always have truth laid before him. Instead of kindling his imagination by the idea…

— Baron d'Holbach

“Odysseus is the statesman of the Iliad, the man in the middle, keeping what balance he can among the parties. He shows himself at…

— Eva Brann

There speaks the man of truly noble ways, Who will not listen to the words of praise. In modesty averse, and with deaf ears,…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In eloquence, the great triumphs of the art are when the orator is lifted above himself; when consciously he makes himself the mere tongue…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A faithful servant may be wiser than the master, and yet retain the true spirit and posture of the servant. The humble man looks…

— Andrew Murray