(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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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...

It is a common rule with primitive people not to waken a sleeper, because his...

It is a common rule with primitive people not to waken a sleeper, because his...

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

It is not good to have a rule of many.

It is not good to have a rule of many.

Following all the rules leaves a completed checklist. Following your heart achieves a completed you.

Following all the rules leaves a completed checklist. Following your heart achieves a completed you.

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.

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

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

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the...

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the...

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.

Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five...

Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five...

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

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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or...

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or...

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...

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

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

Jesus was all virtue, and acted from impulse, not from rules.

Jesus was all virtue, and acted from impulse, not from rules.

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...