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«Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler. Physical ability and moral determination count for nothing. It is impossible to perform the simplest act when the gods say ''no.'' I have no idea how they bring pressure to bear on such occasions; I only know that it is irresistible.»
Author: Aleister Crowley
| Keywords:
act of God, bear on, bring to bear, definite, inexorable, irresistible, occasions, perform, physical ability, pressure, ruler, simplest
«A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.»
«And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.»
Author: Bible
| Keywords:
House of Joseph, industrious, jeroboam, ruler, Solomon, The Young Man, valour
«But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.»
«And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing: / And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.»
«And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.»
«And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.»
«A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| Keywords:
appearance, apprehensive, devotion, fearing, god-fearing, illegal, on the other hand, pious, put on, ruler, subjects, treatment, tyrant, uncommon
«Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
| About:
Killing,
Stupidity
| Keywords:
Other side, ruler, stupider, The other side
«Advise the ruler to govern the state as one cooks a small fish - that is, don't turn it so often in the pan that it disintegrates»
Author: Lao Tzu
(Philosopher)
| About:
Advice
| Keywords:
advise, cooks, disintegrate, disintegrated, disintegrates, disintegrating, Pan, ruler
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