Demon Princes/setting

Famous quotes containing the words demon, princes and/or setting:

    Not necessity, not desire—no, the love of power is the demon of mankind. Grant them everything, health, food, housing, entertainment—they are and remain unhappy and anxious: for the demon waits and waits, and wants to be satisfied.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    I regret the unhappiness of princes who are slaves to forms and fettered by caution.
    Elizabeth I (1533–1603)

    The setting was really perfect for a brisk bubbling murder....
    Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)