Bahy

“Why do you suppose they made you king in the first place?' I ask him. 'Not for your benefit, but for theirs. They meant you to devote your energies to making their lives more comfortable, and protecting them from injustice. So your job is to see that they're all right, not that you are - just as a shepherd's job, strictly speaking, is to feed his sheep, not himself.”
― Thomas More, Utopia

“[how can anyone] be silly enough to think himself better than other people, because his clothes are made of finer woolen thread than theirs. After all, those fine clothes were once worn by a sheep, and they never turned it into anything better than a sheep.”
― Thomas More, Utopia

“No, do the best you can to make the present production a success - don't spoil the entire play just because you happen to think of another one that you'd enjoy rather more.”
― Thomas More, Utopia

“على قدرِ الهوى يأْتي العِتابُ ومَنْ عاتبتُ يَفْديِه الصِّحابُ

ألوم معذِّبي ، فألومُ نفسي فأُغضِبها ويرضيها العذاب

ولو أنَي استطعتُ لتبتُ عنه ولكنْ كيف عن روحي المتاب؟

ولي قلب بأَن يهْوَى يُجَازَى ومالِكُه بأن يَجْنِي يُثاب

ولو وُجد العِقابُ فعلتُ، لكن نفارُ الظَّبي ليس له عِقاب

يلوم اللائمون وما رأَوْه وقِدْماً ضاع في الناس الصُّواب

صَحَوْتُ، فأَنكر السُّلْوان قلبي عليّ، وراجع الطَّرَب الشباب

كأن يد الغرامَِ زمامُ قلبي فليس عليه دون هَوى ً حِجاب

كأَنَّ رواية َ الأَشواقِ عَوْدٌ على بدءٍ وما كمل الكتاب

كأني والهوى أَخَوا مُدامٍ لنا عهدٌ بها، ولنا اصطحاب

إذا ما اغتَضْتُ عن عشقٍ يعشق أُعيدَ العهدُ، وامتد الشَّراب”
― أحمد شوقي