Ambition Quote by Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford

The Philosophy of Princes is to dive into the Secrets of men, leaving the secrets of nature to those that have spare time.

— George Herbert

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 that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head; For men, by their example, pattern out Their…

— Ben Jonson

“But so long as power remains by itself on one side, and enlightenment and wisdom isolated on the other, wise men will rarely think…

— Jean Jacques Rousseau

“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

“Princes are fighters or administrators. Neither of those things do much to spread joy in the world. Whores, concubines, and catamites, on the other…

— Jill Knowles

“Without doubt, princes become great when they overcome difficulties and hurdles put in their path. When fortune wants to advance a new prince... She…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

In respect to foresight and firmness, the people are more prudent, more stable, and have better judgement than princes.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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

— Francis Bacon

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

— Edward Gibbon

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