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If you want everything to be nice and straight all the time, then go live in a world made with a triungular ruler. — Haruki Murakami

Caution is a fine and worthy thing in any monarch, but a truly great ruler must also know when to take risks. — Alex Rutherford

Give a man a centimeter and he'll think he's a ruler. — Janet Skeslien Charles

A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a people who mean to be free. — Thomas Jefferson

Using someone else's ruler to measure your self-worth will always leave you short. — Charles F. Glassman

No Arab ruler will consider the peace process seriously so long as he is able to toy with the idea of achieving more by the way of violence. — Yitzhak Rabin

A leader leads from in front, by the power of example. A ruler pushes from behind, by means of the club, the whip, the power of fear. — Edward Abbey

A man or a ruler should always take up a task after thoroughly considering its consequences. Otherwise fate also cannot protect his wealth. — Chanakya

Number is the ruler of forms and ideas, and the cause of gods and demons. — Pythagoras

NEPHEW: One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly. — Bertolt Brecht

Aldrik - the crown prince, the future Emperor, Fire Lord, ruler of the Black Legion, sorcerer - was only a man. And men could be broken. — Elise Kova

Give the girl an inch and she thinks she's a ruler. — J. A. Jance

It may be that today gold has become the exclusive ruler of life, but the time will come when man will again bow down before a higher god. — Adolf Hitler

What does it matter who is ruler of a realm that no longer exists? — Krishna Udayasankar

In order to become the master, a ruler must profess to be a servant of the people. — Ashwin Sanghi

Help me. Fight for me. And I will be the first ruler in the history of Luna who will also fight for you. — Marissa Meyer

We can rely on the righteous Ruler. — Lailah Gifty Akita

There was a time when people valued honor and loyalty - when serving a ruler wasn't about obedience and fear. — Sarah J. Maas

He would only admit a word, or an action, into a play when it satisfied some internal ruler. He made sure everything counted. — Imraan Coovadia

If you let your heart rule you, you'll have a good ruler by which to measure things. This can be called wisdom. — Art Hochberg

The worst of guardians is a cruel ruler. Beware of becoming one of them. — Muhammad

The banquet of eternal glory is made out of the ingredients of time. — Arnold Albert Van Ruler

Because it can be deceived, the majority is as error-prone as any other ruler, but unlike other rulers, it can never be destroyed. — F.F. White

You must think I'm an awful ruler. One of those spoiled, selfish queens who cares more for her own reputation than the welfare of her people. — Marissa Meyer

A stupid ruler is much more of a problem than an insane one. — Patricia Briggs

Never trust any ruler who puts his faith in tunnels and bunkers and escape routes. The chances are that his heart isn't in the job. — Terry Pratchett

The ruler must be a philosopher as well as a king; and he must govern unwillingly, because he loves philosophy better than dominion. — Marcus Aurelius

Volnero as the new ruler of Ondalina or Miromara obliterates our entire realm. I will advise Ragnar to accept her terms. — Jennifer Donnelly

No ruler can make a people good. — George R R Martin

The wiser a king is,
the greater his nation will become.
The more enlightened a nation is,
the more esteemed it is. — Matshona Dhliwayo

A civil ruler dabbling in religion is as reprehensible as a clergyman dabbling in politics. Both render themselves odious as well as ridiculous. — James Gibbons

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions. — Catherine The Great

There she was, that queen looking out at him, a hint of the ruler she was becoming. And it knocked the breath out of him... — Sarah J. Maas

Composure is the ruler of instability. — Lao-Tzu

The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes a Titus or Marc Aurelius; the people is often Nero, but never Marc Aurelius. — Antoine Rivarol

They tried to make me go to Catholic school, too. I lasted a very short time. When the penguin came after me with a ruler, I was out of there. — Frank Zappa

Weapons are ominous tools. They are not the noble ruler's tools. He only uses them when he can't avoid it. — Laozi

A prudent ruler is distinguished by his ability to manage. — Sunday Adelaja

Appreciated. In any case, Satan, the Archdevil and ruler of Hell, looms — Thomas Cahill

Being a ruler is, contrary to popular notions, a calling of self-sacrifice. That is, if one wants to be a good ruler. — S.D. Smith

A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king. — Conn Iggulden

A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler. — Han Fei

Once the ruler is no longer willing to be the sacrifice for his people, he becomes not a leader but a leech, — Tana French

Many people would say that A Tibetan monk, even in Lhasa, may be free while the ruler of China may not be free. — Pico Iyer

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward. — Ovid

Of course it's not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been. — George R R Martin

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me — Walt Whitman

Any fool with ambition and heartlessness can be a ruler. — Tomichan Matheikal

My house was a world of my own possession, a country in which I was ruler and citizen, where I chose and where I served. — Anita Diamant

In dealing with those who share his bed, the enlightened ruler may enjoy their beauty but should not listen to their special pleas ... — Han Fei

The continued reading led to her second conclusion: The Lord Ruler was far more whiny than any god had a right to be. When — Brandon Sanderson

Using science to prove religion is like using a ruler to measure love. — Rick Julian

There was no more dangerous a time in a nation's life than the passing of a ruler when the succession was in doubt. — Leanda De Lisle

Every ruler should strive for his people to love him. But if they cannot love you, then make them fear you. Love is better, but fear will do the job. — Laurell K. Hamilton

I'm an extremist, I have to deal with my own extreme personality, and I walk the fine line of wanting to die and wanting to be the ruler of it all. — Davey Havok

I am the rightful ruler of this world And now that I, too, have awakened, like my dragons, I have come to take back what is mine. — Nenia Campbell

Fate! There is no fate. Between the thought and the success God is the only agent. Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

The man who bows before the ruler, shows his behind to the courtiers — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

It was never wise for a ruler to eschew the trappings of power, for power itself flows in no small measure from such trappings. — George R R Martin

Rosario is safe. You were supposed to outlive me. Elisa is ten times the ruler you were. I've stolen your wife. I'm not sorry.
I miss you. — Rae Carson

A good ruler has to learn his world's language, and that's different for every world, the language you don't hear just with your ears. — Frank Herbert

Knowing nature is part of knowing God. Faith directs us to the invisible God, but leads us back from God to the entire visible world. — Arnold Albert Van Ruler

The king is my son!" Cersei rose to her feet. "Aye," her uncle said, "and from what I saw of Joffrey, you are as unfit a mother as you are a ruler. — George R R Martin

Better to be the hireling of a stranger, and serve a man of mean estate whose living is but small, than be the ruler over all these dead and gone. — Homer

It is dangerous for a ruler to trust others. He who trusts others can be manipulated by others. — Han Fei

Spirit is a more accurate measure of success than the ruler. — Alan Cohen

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled — Aristotle.

There is no friendship between kings. — Jayne Castel

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Whatever you begin will see the light of day provided you can dream big and be a ruler over your dreams with persistent actions. — Israelmore Ayivor

Let me be your ruler, you can call me queen bee. — Lorde

My girlfriend just bought a ruler from Smiths. Heaven knows I'm measurable now. — Sixth Form Poet

When I go to a nude beach, I always take a ruler, just in case I have to prove something. — Rodney Dangerfield

Is that, in the end - that capacity to hurt - the most essential ingredient for a ruler? — Gregory Maguire

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. — Niccolo Machiavelli

A ruler who is loved is greater than a ruler who is feared. — Matshona Dhliwayo

By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue. — Confucius

When we realise our oneness with our RULER, then the matter shall have no longer power over us, and we shall see it as the unreality it is. — Annie Besant

Donald - ruler Donovan — Emily MacLeod

A wise ruler takes advice, but should never be seen to take it. Let them think you know more than you do. It will not harm them, and it will help you. — Robert Jordan

Women had cup sizes to track their development. Men had a ruler and hope. — Christopher Bollen

I would love to be the African leader that steps down, that overthrows this idea of a Big Man ruler. I don't want to stay in office forever. — Meles Zenawi

She was mine. She was all fucking mine.I was the king of the jungle, and the woman beside me was my queen. — J.J. McAvoy

A wise servant is better than a foolish ruler. — Matshona Dhliwayo