“How highly should we honor the Macedonians, who for the greater part of their lives never cease from fighting with the barbarians for the sake of the security of Greece? For who is not aware that Greece would have constantly stood in the greater danger, had we not been fenced by the Macedonians and the honorable ambition of their kings?” ShouldFightingGreaterSecurityDangerKingsHonorAmbitionSakeCeaseHonorableGreeceBarbariansMacedonia Book:Polybius: the histories Source: Polybius: the histories
“It took a lot of water to down just that f-king bat's head, let me tell you. It's still stuck in my f-king throat, after all these years. People all over the world say, 'You're the guy who kills creatures? You still do it? You do it every night?' It happened f-king once, for Christ's sake.” PeopleWorldYearsStillsNightGuyChristWaterHappenedKingsCreaturesLet MeSakeStuckThroatEvery NightBats Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground, and tell sad stories of the death of kings... All murdered; for within the hollow crown that rounds the mortal temples of a king, keeps Death his court... and with a little pin bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!” LittlesStoriesWallKingsCourtRoundsSakeMortalsTemplesCrownsBoresFarewellCastlesHollowPinsSad StoryCastle Walls Author:William Shakespeare
“I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.” CharacterMoralPowerVirtueKingsEthicsSakeGoodGood TimesThought ProvokingNot InterestedMoral EthicsGood Kings Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.” MenMadeKingsSakeMeatOne ManQuietness Author:John Selden
“For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings.” StoriesKingsSakeSad Story Author:William Shakespeare