"Every ruler must remember three things. Firstly, that he rules man; secondly, that he rules according to law, and thirdly, that he does not rule for ever."

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Source : "Dictionary of quotations (classical)". Book by Thomas Benfield Harbottle, p. 515, Stobaeus, Florilegium, XL, VI, 24, 1897.

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“I invented the historical spy novel.”
“I got an early education from television.”
“Hairdressers are a wonderful breed. You work one-on-one with another human being and the object is to make them feel so much better and to look at themselves with a twinkle in their eye.”
“Now you say, alas! Christianity is hard; I grant it; but gainful and happy. I contemn the difficulty when I respect the advantage. The greatest labors that have answerable requitals are less than the least that have no regard. Believe me, when I look to the reward, I would not have the work easier. It is a good Master whom we serve, who not only pays, but gives; not after the proportion of our earnings, but of His own mercy.”
“Visible Faith is an expression of my Christian faith which must be visible to be real! I gave the name to the collection of musicians who worked with me on the record.”
“I had always wanted to be a writer who confused genre boundaries and who was read in multiple contexts.”
“I took the pieces you threw away, put them together by night and day. Washed by the rain. Dried by the sun. A million pieces all in one.”

Source : Howard Finster, Glen C. Davies, James Arient (2009). “Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster”, Krannert Art Museum
“A world is to be fought for, sung, and built: Love must imagine the world.”

Source : Muriel Rukeyser (1994). “Out of Silence: Selected Poems”, p.102, Northwestern University Press

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