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 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. 
Authority is quite degrading
Authority is quite degrading
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.
 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 forgets a dying king,
 Laid widow'd of the power in his eye
  That bow'd the will.  
 Authority forgets a dying king,
 Laid widow'd of the power in his eye
  That bow'd the will. 
The wisest have the most authority
The wisest have the most authority
 Authority intoxicates,
 And makes mere sots of magistrates;
  The fumes of it invade the brain,
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 Authority intoxicates,
 And makes mere sots of magistrates;
  The fumes of it invade the brain,
   And make men giddy, proud, and vain. 
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
 Merciful heaven,
 Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt
  Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak
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 Merciful heaven,
 Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt
  Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak
   Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud man,
    Dressed in a little brief authority,
     Most ignorant of what he's most assured
      His glassy essence--like an angry ape
       Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
        As makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens,
         would all themselves laugh mortal.