The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.


Themistocles

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Syllables govern the world.
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The dead govern the living.
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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
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Prejudice, friend, govern the vulgar crowd.
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O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
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Let reason govern desire.
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Let reason govern desire.
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The king reigns, but does not govern
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The king reigns but does not govern.
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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
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Govern a family as you would cook a small fish -- very gently.
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They that govern the most make the least noise.
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Those who own the country ought to govern it.
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Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.
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The forces that govern the Universe are in us alike.
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The people who own the country ought to govern it
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One cannot govern with 'buts'.
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Every cook has to learn how to govern the state.
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To rule is easy, to govern difficult.
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Germany is becoming more difficult to govern.
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It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions.
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It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions
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Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.
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Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
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The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.
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Who then is free? The wise man who can govern himself.
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Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
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Let the people think they govern, and they will be governed.
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The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false.
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To govern means to pillage, as everyone knows.
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Incidents should not govern policy; but, policy incidents.
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Those that think must govern those that toil.
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To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
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Where God does not govern, tyrants will rule
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It takes very little to govern good people.
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Passion and prejudice govern the world; only under the name of reason.
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I will govern according to the common weal, but not according to the common will
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O you much partial gods! Why gave ye men affections, and not power To govern them?
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May I govern my passions with absolute sway, And grow wiser and better as my strength wears away.
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May I govern my passion with absolute sway, And grow wiser and better as my strength wears away
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Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.
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Madame, bear in mind That princes govern all things--save the wind.
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It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
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It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
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It is much safer to obey, than to govern.
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