"I would like somebody to be hated more than I am."

--

Source : "The Tyrants: 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption". Book by Clive Foss, 2006.

Dionysius I of Syracuse

#Hated Quotes #Syracuse Quotes

“Most of us assume we are seeing the world the way it really is.”

Source : Ned Herrmann (1996). “The Whole Brain Business Book”, McGraw Hill Professional
“The state of interbeing is a vulnerable state. It is the vulnerability of the naive altruist, of the trusting lover, of the unguarded sharer. To enter it, one must leave behind the seeming shelter of a control-based life, protected by walls of cynicism, judgment, and blame.”

Source : Charles Eisenstein (2013). “The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible”, p.32, North Atlantic Books
“I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. I wanted excitement and danger and the chance to sacrifice myself for my love.”
“When we are passionately in love with our Prince, we put Him above all else--not just in theory, but also practically, in every moment of our day-to-day lives. We do not live for the applause of heaven. Our longings are not for people's approval but only for more and more of Him. We are marked by an effortless, unshakable strength that is found in the presence of our perfect Lover.”
“One has to keep in mind the countless human tragedies that played out in these days. Through the middle of a city, where several thousand connections existed daily, despite administrative division, the concrete pillars were driven into the border, which was expanded like a Chinese wall.”
“We havent really paid much attention to thought as a process. we have engaged in thoughts, but we have only paid attention to the content, not to the process.”
“No one should expect the value of their house to appreciate quickly - counting on your home to be a significant part of your retirement saving isn't a winning strategy - but it is reasonable to expect that prices generally will rise with at least the rate of inflation for some time to come.”
“All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.”

You may also like:

Agesilaus II
Demosthenes
Greek Statesman
Diodorus Siculus
Historian
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Livy
Historian
Plato
Philosopher
Plutarch
Biographer
Pyrrhus of Epirus
Statesman
Thucydides
Historian