“Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.”

Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce - “Destiny: A tyrant's authority for...” 1

Similar quotes

“I mean that man is ruled by a tyrant whose name is Ignorance, and that is the tyrant I sought to overthrow. That is the tyrant which gave birth to monarchy, and monarchy is authority based on falsehood, whereas knowledge is authority based on truth. Man should be ruled by knowledge.”

Victor Hugo
Read more

“The fool's crime is the crime that is found out and the wise man's crime is the crime that is not found out.”

Wilkie Collins
Read more

“Cursed greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused. -- Virgil”

Debby Grahl
Read more

“Failure is a fuel for excuses.”

Jet Li
Read more

“Every rabbit-nation will find its tyrant! Oppressors are the destiny of coward and submissive nations!”

Mehmet Murat ildan
Read more