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The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

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Niccolo Machiavelli
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Category: Intelligence

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. And I'm afraid in this day and age trust which I count so you know I love loyalty. I love trust.
  • 2. Catholics and evangelicals need to remain allied and in solidarity against the increasingly aggressive secularism of our age.
  • 3. We can no longer waste time and money. Every day more than 2 000 girls in America age 15-19 give birth – in the wealthiest most educated nation in the world! Neither you nor I should accept this statistic.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Birdie is amazing and such an incredible child and I'm having such a great time being a mom but I still want to have a career and I still look forward to auditions and parts and when I don't get them I'm disappointed.
  • 2. The resilience of these people is amazing. I am a great believer that the sooner we get things up and running in terms of sport in this area the better.
  • 3. I really have a great deal of humility in that department and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.

3 Anger

  • 1. Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
  • 2. Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.
  • 3. Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger there the sweetest pain here consuming hatred there the childlike smile of serene humility.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
  • 2. We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.
  • 3. I did that Dior Couture 60th anniversary show in July. It took so long to get ready I think I would have rather been watching.

5 Architecture

  • 1. The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide which implied that the only pleasure you can get from Folly architecture is by calling the architect mad and by laughing at the architecture.
  • 2. I could have been an architect but I don't think I'd have been very happy. Nearly all modern architecture is a silly game as far as I can see.
  • 3. Switzerland is a small steep country much more up and down than sideways and is all stuck over with large brown hotels built on the cuckoo clock style of architecture.
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