Bidding Quote by Henry David Thoreau Download Open image “A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince.” — Henry David Thoreau ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bidding Doe Independent Mind Psychology Simple Simplicity Toil
“Thus it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, sincere, religious, and also to be so; but you must have the mind so disposed… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought… but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is the only… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
A prince ought to have two fears, one from within, on account of his subjects, the other from without, on account of external powers. — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Remember, the prince is like a mirror exposed to the eyes of all his subjects who continually look to him as a pattern on… — Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Copy Share Image
A prince must not have any objective nor any thought, nor take up any art, other than the art of war and its ordering and discipline; because it is the only art that pertains to him who commands. And it is of such virtue that not only does it maintain those who were born princes, but many times makes men… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share
Therefore, in order not to have to rob his subjects, to be able to defend himself, not to become poor and contemptible, and not… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a people… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A prince who will not undergo the difficulty of understanding must undergo the danger of trusting. — George Savile Copy Share Image
If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Men say they know many things; But lo! they have taken wings, — The arts and sciences, And a thousand appliances; The wind that… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or back gammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“This spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A traveler who looks at things with an impartial eye may see what the oldest inhabitant has not observed. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In proportion as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post office. You may depend on it, that the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Concord's little arch does not span all our fate, nor is what transpires under it law for the universe. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I am a handmaiden of Death. I walk in His dark shadow and do His bidding. Serving Him is my only purpose in this… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No theory is too false, no fable too absurd, no superstition too degrading for acceptance when it has become embedded in common belief. Men… — Henry George Copy Share Image
If fighting is sure to result in victory, than you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result in… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The perpetuation of slavery, the exile and extermination of American Indians, and the passage of Jim Crow laws weren't carried out at the bidding… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Another point is that ultimately, as far as the budget is concerned, of major importance is who offers more money during the bidding that… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
The hand is man's most valuable servant; its dexterity enables it to respond to his slightest bidding. — Max Heindel Copy Share Image
As far as we can reach, He Who Is, and God, are the special names of His Essence; and of these especially He Who… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
I shall never forget Juliek. How could I forget this concert given before an audience of the dead and dying? Even today, when I… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I think I could totally be a gangster, but I could never be the kind of gangster that carries things out myself. I would… — Elena Satine Copy Share Image
It would repel me less to be a hangman than a soldier, because the one is obliged to put to death only criminals sentenced… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Unless you have found something in life to live for that is more important to you than your own life, you will always be… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
![“No theory is too false, no fable too absurd, no superstition too degrading for acceptance when it has become embedded in common belief. Men will submit themselves to torture and to death, mothers will immolate [burn] their children at the bidding of beliefs they thus accept.” quote by Henry George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/68e/henry-george-8103_absurd_no-theory-is-too-false-no-fable-too-absu_70212.jpg)
