Monday, August 9, 2010

One Disloyal Subject Keeps the Despot Sane

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Every despot must have one disloyal subject to keep him sane. – George Bernard Shaw




He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of resentment. – Confucius



A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless. – Charles de Gaulle



Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers from which they dare not dismount. – Hindu Proverb



Kindness the most unkindest thing of all. – Edna O’Brien



Really great men have a curious feeling that the greatness is not in them but through them. – John Ruskin



The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. – Edward Gibbon



A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action. – Jawaharlal Nehru
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