(To Lucrezia Borgia) Do people say that I am both your father and your lover? Let the world, that heap of vermin as ridiculous as they are feeble-minded, believe the most absurd tales about the mighty! You must know that…

Quote by Pope Alexander VI

Topics: Rules Quotes

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If...

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If...

To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to...

To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to...

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after...

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after...

As a rule, for no one does life drag more disagreeably than for him who...

As a rule, for no one does life drag more disagreeably than for him who...

Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.

Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.

My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in...

My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in...

Always old-fashioned

Always old-fashioned

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

Fancy rules over two thirds of the universe, the past, and future, while reality is...

Fancy rules over two thirds of the universe, the past, and future, while reality is...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Some rules are nothing but old habits that people are afraid to change.

Some rules are nothing but old habits that people are afraid to change.

There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once

There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

I make it a policy to try never to make a complete idiot of myself...

I make it a policy to try never to make a complete idiot of myself...

There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The...

There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The...