Alexander the Great
Military Leader, King
"I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion."
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John Calvin
Theologian, Reformer
"Where riches hold the dominion of the heart, God has lost His authority."
Euripides
Playwright
"God in heaven has dominion Over so many events. He can frustrate what seems inevitable, And bring to pass the thing that you least expect."
Leonardo da Vinci
Artist, Scientist, Inventor
"He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others."
Emma Goldman
Anarchist, Political Activist, Writer
"Anarchism, then, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion."
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"In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods."
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"Begin to act from your dominion. Declare the truth by telling yourself that there is nothing to be afraid of, that you no longer entertain any images of fear."
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"The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great."
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"What the ten commandments set forth is a strategy. This strategy is a strategy for dominion."
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"Remember that there is only one important time and it is Now. The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion. The most important person is always the person with whom you are, who is right before you, for who knows if you will have dealings with any other person in the future? The most important pursuit is making that person, the one standing at you side, happy, for that alone is the pursuit of life."
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"And indeed it could be said that once the faintest stirring of hope became possible, the dominion of plague was ended."
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"My dominion ends where that of conscience begins."
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"Joy, in Nature's wide dominion, Mightiest cause of all is found; And 'tis joy that moves the pinion When the wheel of time goes round."
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"O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence."
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"To be given dominion over another is a hard thing; to wrest dominion over another is a wrong thing; to give dominion of yourself to another is a wicked thing."
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"I am called The richest monarch in the Christian world; The sun in my dominion never sets."
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"It is over life, throughout its unfolding, that power establishes its dominion; death is power's limit, the moment that escapes it; death becomes the most secret aspect of existence, the most private."
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"more and more I come to loathe any dominion of one over another; any leadership, any imposition of the will."
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"Break in the sun till the sun breaks down, And death shall have no dominion."
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"Prophets, mystics, poets, scientific discoverers are men whose lives are dominated by a vision; they are essentially solitary men . . . whose thoughts and emotions are not subject to the dominion of the herd."
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"God himself is increasing and progressing in knowledge, power, and dominion, and will do so, worlds without end."
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"Parents are by no means exempt from the intoxication of dominion."
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"Unjust dominion cannot be eternal."
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"Only he who has measured the dominion of force, and knows how not to respect it, is capable of love andjustice."
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"My conception of dominion status implies present ability to severe the British connection if I wish to."
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