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I am certainly not an authority on love because there are no authorities on love, just those who've had luck read more
I am certainly not an authority on love because there are no authorities on love, just those who've had luck with it and those who haven't.
He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains
in place while all the lesser read more
He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains
in place while all the lesser stars do homage to it.
Thus can the demigod Authority
Make us pay down for our offense by weight
The words of read more
Thus can the demigod Authority
Make us pay down for our offense by weight
The words of heaven; on whom it will, it will,
On whom it will not, so: yet still 'tis just.
Authority is quite degrading
Authority is quite degrading
All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either
upon an art, or upon read more
All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either
upon an art, or upon a man.
- Francis Bacon,
Those he commands move only in command,
Nothing in live. Now does he feel his title
Hang read more
Those he commands move only in command,
Nothing in live. Now does he feel his title
Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe
Upon a dwarfish thief.
There are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority and control ð your mind and your mouth
There are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority and control ð your mind and your mouth
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.
When the authorities warn you of the dangers of having sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do read more
When the authorities warn you of the dangers of having sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities.