AUTHORITY.
The rule
Of the many is not well. One must be chief
In war and one the king.
Iliad, Bk. II. HOMER. Trans. of BRYANT.
Authority intoxicates,
And makes mere sots of magistrates;
The fumes of it invade the brain,
And make men giddy, proud, and vain.
Miscellaneous Thoughts. S. BUTLER.
Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar,
And the creature run from the cur: There,
There, thou might'st behold the great image of authority;
A dog's obeyed in office.
King Lear, Act iv. Sc. 6. SHAKESPEARE.
O, what authority and show of truth
Can cunning sin cover itself withal!
Much Ado about Nothing, Act iv. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.