(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

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

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

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

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...

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

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

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Be prepared, be sharp, be careful, and use the King's English well. And you can...

Be prepared, be sharp, be careful, and use the King's English well. And you can...

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...

No politician has ever yet been able to rule his country, nor has any country...

No politician has ever yet been able to rule his country, nor has any country...

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...

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...

Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to...

Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to...

If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?

If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?

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...

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.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people...

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people...

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.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.