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'Tis not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.
Merit
Joseph Addison

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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
Courage
St. Augustine

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If you have fear of those that command you, spare those that obey you.
Leaders and Leadership
Rabbi Ben Azai

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Nature is commanded by obeying her.
Nature
Francis Bacon

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Ten ancient commandments lousing up the fun. Along came prosperity, and then there was none.
Prosperity
Gerald Barzan

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Drawing on my fine command of the language, I said nothing.
Language
Robert Benchley

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Beauty and grace command the world.
Grace
Park Benjamin

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This is my commandment, that ye love one another. [Jesus, In John 15:12]
Love
Bible

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Science knows only one commandment -- contribute to science.
Science and Scientists
Bertolt Brecht

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If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
Wealth
Edmund Burke

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It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.
Anecdotes
Italo Calvino

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'Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep.
Leaders and Leadership
Miguel De Cervantes

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Charity is the scope of all God's commands.
Charity
St. John Chrysosatom

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Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.
Respectability
Eldridge Cleaver

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The first and great commandment is, Don't let them scare you.
Fear
Elmer Davis

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Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.
Leaders and Leadership
Denis Diderot

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No affection and a great brain, these are the people to command the world.
Leaders and Leadership
Benjamin Disraeli

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You have such strong words at command, that they make the smallest argument seem formidable.
Eloquence
George Eliot

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Self-command is the main discipline.
Discipline
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Who has not served cannot command.
Leaders and Leadership
John Florio

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Those who can command themselves command others.
Leaders and Leadership
William Hazlitt

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Talent is a faculty that is highly developed, but genius commands all the faculties.
Genius
Francis Herbert Hedge

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Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.
Silence
Mark Helprin

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There is great force hidden in a gentle command.
Leaders and Leadership
George Herbert

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Keep cool and you will command everyone.
Leaders and Leadership
Justinian

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