Empire Builders

Famous quotes containing the words empire and/or builders:

“Thy blood and virtue
Contend for empire in thee, and thy goodness
Share with thy birthright! Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none. Be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use, and keep thy friend
Under thy own life’s key. Be checked for silence
But never taxed for speech.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“As the builders say, the larger stones do not lie well without the lesser.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)