Source: Victory of Venizelos, 1920, p. 176 ; After one of the many attempts of Venizelos to persuade King Constantine, that Greece should join the Allies in the World War I.
“As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.”
Pour grands que soient les rois, ils sont ce que nous sommes:
Ils peuvent se tromper comme les autres hommes.
Don Gomès, act I, scene iii.
Le Cid (1636)
“One man may as easily destroy, as govern: be King or Anti-King.”
Source: Earthsea Books, The Farthest Shore (1972), Chapter 9, "Orm Embar" (Ged)
Yertle the Turtle (1958)
“Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.”
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
Public Choice: The Origins and Development of a Research Program (2003)
Part II, chapter 5.
Proverbs (1546), Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
Chronomoros. In Letters and Literary Remains of Edward FitzGerald (1889), pg. 461.
The Patriot (1774)
Context: Some claim a place in the list of patriots, by an acrimonious and unremitting opposition to the court. This mark is by no means infallible. Patriotism is not necessarily included in rebellion. A man may hate his king, yet not love his country.
“Of the king's creation you may be; but he who makes a count ne'er made a man.”
Sir Anthony Love, Act ii, scene 1; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "I weigh the man, not his title; 't is not the king's stamp can make the metal better", William Wycherley, The Plaindealer, Act i. scene 1.
“Partisanship may be King in Washington – but the rest of us don’t have to pay tribute.”
http://mikebloomberg.com/en/issues/public_health/mayor_bloomberg_delivers_opening_address_at_ceasefire_bridging_the_political_divide_conference
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