Nature Quote by Thomas Harris

“Weak emperors mean strong viceroys. ”

— Isaac Asimov

“Not sneering Emperors with world-conquering designs. Not cackling demons plotting in the darkness beyond the world. It was small men with their small acts…

— Joe Abercrombie

“Do not look around to discover other people's ruling principles, but look straight to this, to what nature leads you, both the universal nature…

— Anonymous

“It follows then of course, that the things which are watched over and governed should be acquainted with their ruler”

— The Church Fathers

“You will find that reason, which always ought to direct mankind, seldom does; but that passions and weaknesses commonly usurp its seat, and rule…

— Anonymous

“...Reason should take on anew the most difficult of all its tasks, namely, that of self-knowledge, and to institute a court of justice, by…

— Immanuel Kant

“There are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances. The superior man espouses events and…

— Honoré de Balzac

“[T]he sovereignty of reason and justice is no more tyrannical than that of desire. They are principles natural to man.”

— Blaise Pascal

“Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we…

— Jeremy Bentham

“Principles make it simple.”

— Leonard Peikoff

The fundamental principle of our constitution ... enjoins the sense of command, duty that the will of the majority shall prevail.

— George Washington

But as for me, Emperor, nature has not given me stature, age has marred my face, and my strength is impaired by ill health.…

— Marcus Vitruvius Pollio