Power & Society Sayings

Let those who have been fighting against their brothers and relatives now fight in a proper way against the barbarians.

Real wealth is measured by the silence after laughter ends.

Now that your worry has proved such an unlucrative business, Why not find a better job?

But al be that he was a philosophre, / Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre.

Man's greatest good fortune is to chase and defeat his enemy, capture his specific possessions, enjoy his grief, and use his women and horses.

Let us educate our children to be wise and strong, for in them lies the future of our empire.

Time is a sword; if you do not cut it, it will cut you.

The rule for solving equations is to balance them.

There are four chief obstacles to grasping truth: authority, habit, popular opinion, and the concealment of ignorance.

I would sell London if I could find a buyer rich enough.

Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?

To-day is a king in disguise, and we are his courtiers. To-morrow is a queen, and we are her slaves.

I would rather have the Muslims blame me for fighting than have them blame me for abandoning jihad.

Man is not free if he must obey a law imposed on him against his will.

One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil.

Justice is the constant and perpetual will to allot to every man his due.

The monkeys scream on both banks—it’s unbearable!

I’m so poor I can’t even afford to be sick.

And you must know that in this kingdom of Bengal, there are many eunuchs. For the king is a great connoisseur of these, and has them in great numbers.

The Sultan of this country has a thousand wives, and he treats them all equally.