“Christian Kings may erre in deducing a Consequence, but who shall Judge?”
Thomas Hobbes book Leviathan
The Third Part, Chapter 43, p. 330
Leviathan (1651)
“It is an imprudence common to kings
To listen to too much advice and to err in their choice.”
C'est une imprudence assez commune aux rois
D'écouter trop d'avis et se tromper au choix.
Ptolomée, act IV, scene i.
La Mort de Pompée (The Death of Pompey) (1642)
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Les roys et princes en sont trop plus forts, quand ils l'entreprennent du consentement de leurs subjets, et en sont plus craints de leurs ennemis.
Bk. V, ch. 19.
Mémoires
“It is very fortunate that kings cannot err. Hence their contradictions never perplex us.”
Victor Hugo book The Man Who Laughs
The Man Who Laughs (1869)
“As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.”
Pierre Corneille book Le Cid
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)
“Those who knowingly allow the King to err deserve the same punishment as traitors.”
Alfonso X of Castile (1221–1284) King of Castile
Los que dejan al rey errar a sabiendas, merecen pena como traidores.
Quoted in Diccionario ilustrado de frases célebres y citas literarias (1952), by Vicente Vega.
“This was a leader who listened to all sides, perhaps too much.”
Wilfrid Laurier (1841–1919) 7th prime minister of Canada
Source: About, Chapter 4 Part 7 of Canadian History: Post-Confederation by John Douglas Belshaw
Robert Axelrod book The Complexity of Cooperation
Introduction
The Complexity of Cooperation (1997)
“Rule of life. If you bother to ask someone’s advice, then bother to listen to it.”
Sophie Kinsella book The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic
Source: Confessions of a Shopaholic
“We listened to them, but it was clear they'd received too much therapy to know the truth.”
Jeffrey Eugenides book The Virgin Suicides
Source: The Virgin Suicides