Mental state Quote by Julian Barnes

“the mind is a tyrant”

— Deb Caletti

“The smart tyrant flatters the people with words,while with deeds he destroys them.”

— Anatoli Rybakov

“The only difference between a futile madman and an effective tyrant is power and will.”

— Sheri S. Tepper

“Do not behave as a tyrant and then tell me to scold a tyrant to behave. Show mercy and mercy you may be shown”

— Leigh Bardugo

“Let the warning of the tyrants of the past be recognized for it shall be the same one ringing out when the tyrants of…

— Sai Marie Johnson

“Do you mean that the tyrant will dare to use violence against the people who fathered him, and raise his hand against them if…

— Plato

“The most devious and sinister acts of historical violence are always committed by tyrants with armies—not citizens with arms.”

— Seth Daniel Parker

“We have to hand it to the little tyrants who devise the picturesque abuses of authority that give the moral populace the clear examples…

— John Popielaski

“The deceit of the tyrants and brutes is that they create a problem or become a part of the problem then offer themselves as…

— DAVID OKAFOR

“He created his worst enemy, just as tyrants everywhere do!”

— J.K. Rowling

“Yet, with a weakness of mind not uncommon to great criminals, he shrank from the thoughts of his own baseness and cruelty, and endeavored…

— Walter Scott

“If I must serve under a tyrant, than my words will serve the oppressed. My conscience will be in rebellion against the wicked.”

— Zachary Koukol