of Principality
Source: Webster's dictionaryMany have imagined republics and principalities which have never been seen or known to exist in reality for how we live is so far removed from how we ought to live, that he who abandons what is done for what ought to be done, will rather bring about. Niccolò Machiavelli
Whatever godlike powers and principalities lurked beyond the stars, Poole reminded himself, for ordinary humans only two things were important - Love and Death. Arthur C. Clarke
Death, of course, is a refuge. It's where you go when a new name, or a mask and cape, can no longer hide you from yourself. It's where you run to when none of the principalities of your conscience will grant you asylum. Chris Cleave
If you could find a way to peel back the skin of this world so to speak, would you really see this supernatural reality that is greater? Is it true that we fight not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers? Every young person wants to know. Ted Dekker
Many have dreamed up republics and principalities that have never in truth been known to exist the gulf between how one should live and how one does live is so wide that a man who neglects what is actually done for what should be done learns the way to self-destruction rather than self-preservation. Niccolò Machiavelli
After his death the Serbian Empire collapsed into many small principalities which were unable to defend themselves against the Turks. Source: Internet