#kings

It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#failure #forms #lands #new #often

Missouri remains a low tax, efficiently run state, according to all prominent national rankings. ↗

— Bob Holden

#efficiently #low #missouri #national #prominent

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers of kings. ↗

— Horace

#hut #impartial #kings #knocks #pale

Eating coals of fire has always been one of the sensational feats of the Fire Kings, as it is quite generally known that charcoal burns with an extremely intense heat. ↗

— Harry Houdini

#been #burns #charcoal #coals #eating

The reason why China suffers bitterly from endless wars is because of the existence of feudal lords and kings. ↗

— Qin Shi Huangdi

#bitterly #china #endless #existence #feudal

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#france #kings #yes

The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#kings #last #paving #people #resort

The Internet is a bright spot for our struggling economy and functioning just fine without what amounts to a federal pat-down of the inner workings of the Internet. ↗

— Mary Bono

#economy #federal #fine #functioning #inner

In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though the ultimate objective is clear. ↗

— Breyten Breytenbach

#clear #covert #even #governing #hiding

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#brute force #faith #force #kings #only