Authority Quote by Plutarch

“These things sensibly affected Theseus, who, thinking it but just not to disregard, but rather partake of, the sufferings of his fellow citizens, offered…

— Plutarch

“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

“The emotions commanding him were similarly simple and straightforward. He feared what he could not understand, and he despised what he feared. But acknowledging…

— Steven Erikson

“The unwholesome-looking little moral agent of destruction exulted silently in the possession of personal prestige, keeping in check this man armed with the defensive…

— Joseph Conrad

“This vexed Theseus, and determining not to hold aloof, but to share the fortunes of the people, he came forward and offered himself without…

— Plutarch

“Daru felt a sudden wrath against the man, against all men with their rotten spite, their tireless hates, their blood lust.”

— Albert Camus

“Hence a commander who advances without any thought of winning personal fame and withdraws in spite of certain punishment, whose only concern is to…

— Sun Tzu

“He [Lucius Papirius Cursor] then gave the order to advance the standards and led out his troops, expostulating on the folly of a people…

— Livy

“He knew the disdainful way he treated others. When a man led others, he needed to earn their respect, not lord over them because…

— Jeff Wheeler

“Most of all, however, these observances attack and undermine the very spirit of life within the minds of men. They afford to our Romans,…

— Thornton Wilder

“I think it came from being a ruling class, from never being able to show weakness to the people they have conquered - to…

— Peter Cunningham

“And even when they became discontented, as they sometimes did, their discontent led nowhere, because, being without general ideas, they could only focus it…

— George Orwell