Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 103
“He does not rule us. No one can rule us. No one can rule anyone who does not first agree to the ruling." She smiled a trace at Aeriel and patted the little camp dog, which was whining for more tidbits. "One must rule oneself.”
Source: The Darkangel
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Stobaeus, Florilegium, XL, VI, 24, as reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of Quotations (1897), p. 515.
“No one is able to rule unless he is also able to be ruled.”
nemo autem regere potest nisi qui et regi.
De Ira (On Anger): Book 2, cap. 15, line 4
Compare with the following : No man ruleth safely but that he is willingly ruled.
From The Imitation of Christ, Liber I, cap. 20 (Of the Love of Solitude and Silence), line 2 : by Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471).
Moral Essays
“One mistake does not have to rule a person's entire life.”
Source: Any Minute
“Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.”
Source: The Way of Kings
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 17.
“Does the body rule the mind or does the mind rule the body?
I dunno…”
From the song "Still Ill"
From songs
“Nothing can be lasting when reason does not rule.”
Nihil potest esse diuturnum cui non subest ratio.
IV, 14, 19.
Historiarum Alexandri Magni Macedonis Libri Qui Supersunt, Book IV
But the person who is thus labeled an outsider may have a different view of the matter. He may not accept the rule by which he is being judged and may not regard those who judge him as either competent or legitimately entitled to do so. Hence, a second meaning of the term emerges: the rule-breaker may feel his judges are outsiders.
Source: Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance (1963), pp. 1-2.
Source: Understanding Capitalism: Competition, Command, and Change, 2005, p. 202