Cursed Quote by Thomas Becket

O how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes favors! There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, that sweet aspect…

— William Shakespeare

It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. (Psalms 118:9)

— Bible

Where princes are concerned, a man who is able to do good is as dangerous and almost as criminal as a man who intends…

— Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

Princes are like heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times, and which have much veneration, but no rest.

— Francis Bacon

“For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind.…

— John Calvin

For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind.…

— John Calvin

There is nothing which so poisons princes as flattery, nor anything whereby wicked men more easily obtain credit and favor with them.

— Michel de Montaigne

O, how wretched is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors.

— William Shakespeare

So far as he is able, a prince should stick to the path of good but, if the necessity arises, he should know how…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“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

How laudable it is for a prince to keep good faith and live with integrity, and not with astuteness, every one knows. Still the…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such as have only to execute them.

— Michel de Montaigne