Authority intoxicates,
And makes mere sots of magistrates;
The fumes of it invade the brain,
And make men giddy, proud, and vain...
The souls of women are so small,
That some believe they've none at all...
-- Samuel Butler (1612-1680)
And makes mere sots of magistrates;
The fumes of it invade the brain,
And make men giddy, proud, and vain...
The souls of women are so small,
That some believe they've none at all...
-- Samuel Butler (1612-1680)
Related:
- Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates.
The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy... - Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear
lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.
Samuel... - All men profess honesty as long as they can.
To believe all men honest would be folly.
To believe none so is something worse. -- John Quincy... - Small things make base men proud.
-- William Shakespeare,
"Henry... - The superiority of some men is mere local. They are great because their
associates are little.
Samuel Johnson (1709... - All men profess honesty as long as they can.
To believe all men honest would be folly.
To believe none so is something worse. -- John Quincy... - Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner.
Conscience makes egotists of us all. -- Oscar...
