Quotes About Authority

Today Evil acts according to rights - because it is entitled to. It acts according to peace treaties, because it was taken into consideration when the treaties were being written...

You will dance to the tune they play. Or you will take leave of the dance-floor. Because the orchestra's podium is too high for you to climb up there and tell the musicians to play some other tune. Realise that at last. If you think another solution is possible, you are making a mistake. You mistake the stars reflected in the surface of the lake at night for the heavens

Oh, Stregobor, it would be great if the cruelty of rulers could be explained away by mutations or curses.

Kings," continued Calanthe, "divide people into two categories—those they order around, and those they buy—because they adhere to the old and banal truth that everyone can be bought. Everyone. It's only a question of price.

For the moment, I am relying on the authority of Cahir aep Ceallach, the only soldier in our company-and Cahir confirmed that winning battles by means of a rapid escape from the battlefield is permissible from the point of view of most military doctrines.

You took advantage of a madman's ravings to strengthen your own authority.

Women don't have a say in my house. But, just between us, don't do what you did during supper last time in front of her again." "You mean when I threw my fork at that rat?" "No. I mean when you hit it, even in the dark." "I thought it would be amusing.

Quem é que deve determiná-lo, declara-lo e administrá-lo? Quem?

You took advantage of a madman's ravings to strengthen your own authority. To break up alliances, ruin marriage allegiances, stir up dynasties. In a word: to tangle the strings of crowned puppets even more. And here you are lecturing me about predictions, which any old storyteller at the marketplace would be ashamed of.

he who pays the piper calls the tune!

the rich decurion with a good chance of becoming a centurion shouted to the halberdiers.

I won't put up with such remarks, particularly from spies, of all people! I'm the king, for fuck's sake!

And I strongly advise you, witcher, that if the queen orders you to strip naked, paint your arse blue and hang yourself upside down in the entrance hall like a chandelier, you do it without surprise or hesitation.

Money," he muttered, "opens all

U boh?, já znám i takové, které lépe odmítají, než ona dává, nevykÃ…â"¢ikuji to ale na ulici.

El asesinato es siempre asesinato, sin importar motivos ni circunstancias. Aquéllos que matan u organizan una muerte son criminales y asesinos, sin importar quiénes sean: reyes, príncipes, mariscales o jueces. Ninguno de aquéllos que planean o ejecutan violencia tiene derecho a considerarse mejor que un simple asesino. Porque toda violencia por su propia naturaleza conduce ineluctablemente al crimen.

And you wouldn't believe how easy it is, Geralt, to wound some rulers' pride. Rarely will any of them take words such as 'No,' 'I won't,' and 'Never' calmly. But that's nothing. Interrupt one of them or make inappropriate comments, and you'll condemn yourself to the wheel.

Da ciò si evince come la difesa più efficace dal dominio intellettuale sia insultare come si deve l'intellettuale che prova a esercitarlo.

Though man can bend rods of steel, women will always bring him to heel.

Freedom and contempt have their limits. Anyway, it's always like that. You're always somebody's tool.

Il seggio sul quale sedette era stato fabbricato anni prima per la regina Calanthe, e si distingueva dagli altri per l'imponente spalliera e le magnifiche decorazioni. Una tavola può anche essere rotonda, ma si deve sempre vedere chi è il personaggio più importante.

Money has no fatherland, Geralt. The merchants don't care whose rule they make their money under.

When a king begins to act like a king, it is not long before someone else is king! Serving is a way we can place value on one another. A wise man is a server.

Being dumb's just about the worst thing there is when it comes to holding high office. —HARRY S. TRUMAN The worst thing a man can do is go bald. —DONALD J. TRUMP