I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.
quote by Thomas Jefferson
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A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
quote by Samuel Johnson
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The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.
quote by Felix Adler
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It's not always thankless. Let's face it - it's not always thankless. I've gotten a lot of really great recognition and I've worked with amazing people.
quote by Kyra Sedgwick
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A tyrant cannot govern a kingdom, as a wolf cannot perform the office of a shepherd.
Saadi in Gulistan (The Rose Garden) (1258), translated by Francis Gladwin
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Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office.
quote by Allen Weinstein
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Painful Solitude
Painful rejection
Your silence speaks volumes
Solitary dove flies alone,
Looking for a place to belong,
She is lost, heart full of pain
Will she ever be able to sing again?
Painful illness
My body agony
My mind endures
Painful isolation
Painful solitude
Painful loneliness
poem by Lawrence Hiung
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To administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem.
quote by Honore Gabriel Riquet
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Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men.
quote by George Bernard Shaw
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Every man ought to be supposed a knave, and to have no other end, in all his actions, but private interest. By this interest we must govern him, and by means of it, make him cooperate to public good, notwithstanding his unsatiable avarice and ambition.
Alexander Hamilton in A History of the American People by P. Johnson
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Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.
quote by Michel de Montaigne
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We must govern from the middle, or we will not be able to govern at all.
quote by Tom Daschle
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How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?
quote by Francois Rabelais
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The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left can't govern without ideas.
quote by Jose Saramago
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Not Nearly As Painful
I remembered when I first had my virginity taken away.
It was a frightening experience.
And I was still in my mid-teens.
'You don't have to talk about it.
I can understand.
You still have 'issues' about dealing with it?
To have it happen like that is painful.'
Yeah...
My dad caught me the first time,
Sneaking out the window.
I had to convince him I was sleep walking.
And twice I fell off the ledge...
During the rain.
And landed into the bushes below my bedroom window.
Look...
I still have the scar on my arm from the second fall.
Ten stitches.
'So 'who' took your virginity? '
I forget her name.
But one night she forgot to chain her Doberman.
That's when I busted my kneecap.
I told my dad I fell out the window.
He took me to some doctor!
And guess what?
'What? '
It was the girls' father.
He had her picture on the desk in his office.
How about you?
What was yours like?
'Not nearly as painful! '
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Good Ambition
Ive spent eleven months and five days loving you
And all these times Ive spent forgiving you
I dont want to be hurt
I dont want to be hurt
I dont want to be hurt
Not any more
Im a man with a good ambition
And I will never let you drag me down
You better go home and leave me alone
Im a man with a good ambition
And I will never let you drag me down
So baby go home
And leave me alone
Ive got a good, good, good ambition
Tell you its a good, good, good ambition
Ive got a good, good, good ambition
Tell you its a good, good, good ambition
Ive got a good, good, good ambition
Tell you its a good, good, good ambition
song performed by by Ub40
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There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues.
quote by George D. Prentice
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You come to work because the office is a resource: The office is a place where you can meet with other people, and the office has libraries of books and information on CD-ROM that might help you with your work.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
Lord Acton in Letter to Mary Gladstone (1881)
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