Friendship Quote by Herodotus

When Knaves betray each other, one can scarce be blamed or the other pitied.

— Benjamin Franklin

“It is no good for rulers if the people they rule cherish ambitions for themselves or form strong bonds of friendship with one another.”

— Plato

“The best rulers are scarcely known by their subjects; The next best are loved and praised; The next are feared; The next despised: They…

— Tao Te Ching

A thorough-paced knave will rarely quarrel with one whom he can cheat: his revenge is plunder; therefore he is usually the most forgiving of…

— Charles Caleb Colton

“There is a certain grandeur and nobility in administering to another’s need out of one’s fullness and plenty.”

— Howard Thurman

“And so at last, instead of loving contention and glory, men become lovers of trade and money; they honour and look up to the…

— Plato

The rule Of the many is not well. One must be chief In war and one the king.

— Homer

The hostility perpetually exercised between one man and another, is caused by the desire of many for that which only few can possess. Every…

— Samuel Johnson

“How the prince of this world presses and throngs with clamours, more or less noble and good, but all in order to keep us…

— David McCasland

“By reason of his species and his manners, the peasant comes below the pig. He finds moral life profoundly repugnant. If by chance he…

— Eduardo Galeano

“Suspicious princes often promote the last of mankind from a vain persuasion, that those who have no dependence, except on their favour, will have…

— Edward Gibbon

“Again, where the people are absolute rulers of the land, they rejoice in having the openness and exuberance of youth, while a tyrant counts…

— Euripides