“The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.”
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
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French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French 1769–1821Related quotes
Reply to a letter sent to him on 17 July 1953 p. 39
Attributed in posthumous publications, Albert Einstein: The Human Side (1979)
“Show me the man who keeps his house in hand,
He's fit for public authority.”
Source: Antigone, Line 660
Another Roadside Attraction (1971)
Context: When a man confines an animal in a cage, he assumes ownership of that animal. But an animal is an individual; it cannot be owned. When a man tries to own an individual, whether that individual be another man, an animal or even a tree, he suffers the psychic consequences of an unnatural act.
“A good household manager, but not fit to meddle in the affairs of kings.”
Henry VIII to the French ambassador, May 1538.
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“When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they?”
Reported in " Remarks of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor http://www.salon.com/wires/ap/2009/05/26/D98E0EV00_us_sotomayor_text/", The Associated Press (26 May 2009).
Letter to the president of Congress, Heights of Harlem (24 September 1776)
1770s
“For the sake of gain I’d compromise the art of my grandmother,” muttered Zamp under his breath.
Source: Showboat World (1975), Chapter 14 (p. 168)
