Quotes About Power

Bastions of wealth are no deference for the man who treads the grand altar of Justice down and out of sight.

But the lust for power never dies- men cannot have enough. No one will lift a hand to send it from his door, to give it warning, 'Power, never come again!

Neither the life of anarchy nor the life enslaved by tyrants, no, worship neither. Strike the balance all in all and god will give you power.

A tyrant's trust dishonors those who earn it.

Fear is stronger than arms.

You are young and young your rule and you think that the tower in which you live is free from sorrow: from it have I not seen two tyrants thrown? The third, who now is king, I shall yet live to see him fall, of all three most suddenly, most dishonored.

From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.

Death is a softer thing by far than tyranny.

Give me an answer which is plain to understand.

Zeus, whose will has marked for man The sole way where wisdom lies; Ordered one eternal plan: Man must suffer to be wise. Head-winds heavy with past ill Stray his course and cloud his heart: Sorrow takes the blind soul's part - Man grows wise against his will. For powers who rule from thrones above By ruthlessness commend their love.

Let me attain no envied wealth, let me not plunder cities, neither be taken in turn, and face life in the power of another.

This is a sickness rooted and inherent in the nature of a tyranny: that he that holds it does not trust his friends.

Zeus'tan baÅŸkas? özgür deÄŸildir.

Marvels, the Earth breeds many marvels, terrible marvels overwhelm us. The heaving arms of the sea embrace and swarm with savage life. And high in the no man's land of night torches hang like swords.

Todo es arduo, menos ser rey de dioses. Que, excepto Zeus, nadie en el mundo es libre.

Yet the insidious guile of god—what mortal man can escape it? Who with agile foot can lightly overleap and escape its toils?

It is tempting For the winner, who might have lost his life, To take all. And to destroy whatever cannot be taken. Let us pray they restrain themselves.

Every thing has been achieved except for the gods to rule; for no one is free save Jupiter.

It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.

United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you.

Persuasion is better than force.

The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant