“Women never really command until they have given their promise to obey; and they are never in more danger of being made slaves than when the men are at their feet.” MenMadeGivenFeetDangerHe ManPromiseSlaveCommandObedience Author:George Farquhar
“Unity of command is essential to the economy of time. Warfare in the field was like a siege: by directing all one's force to a single point a breach might be made, and the equilibrium of opposition destroyed.” MadeWarMightForceEconomyFieldsEssentialsUnityCommandDestroyedOppositionWarfareEquilibriumBreachSiege Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“In pious times, ere priest-craft did begin, Before polygamy was made a sin; When man, on many, multipli'd his kind, Ere one to one was cursedly confin'd: When Nature prompted, and no Law deni'd Promiscuous use of concubine and bride; Then, Israel's monarch, after Heaven's own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives and slaves: and, wide as his command, Scatter'd his Maker's image through the land.” MenHeartKindMadeUseLawHeavenSinWifeLandSlaveIsraelWideCommandCraftsPriestsMakersWarmthBridesVigorousPiousImpartMonarchsPolygamyPromiscuousConcubines Author:John Dryden
“O impotence of mind, in body strong! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom, vast, unwieldy, burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties, not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command.” MindMadeBodyFallStrongShareBearsCommandSecureSubtletyLiableImpotence Author:John Milton
“Almighty Framer of the Skies!O let our pure devotion rise,Like Incense in thy Sight!Wrapt in impenetrable Shade,The Texture of our Souls were made,Till thy Command gave Light.” MadeSoulLightSkyPureSightDevotionCommandShadeAlmightyTextureIncenseFramers Book:The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton: Acknowledged poems. Chatterton's will. Miscellaneous prose works Source: The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton: Acknowledged poems. Chatterton's will. Miscellaneous prose works