Hastings Banda

President, Dictator Malawian 1902 – 1997

Malawian president who ruled as an autocrat.

391 quotes

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
Philosophy
"To thine own self be true."
Truth
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."
"All that glisters is not gold."
Wisdom
"The quality of mercy is not strained."
Kindness
"Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps."
Love
"Cowards die many times before their deaths."
Courage
"If music be the food of love, play on."
Music
"The rest is silence."
Death
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears."
Friendship
"Et tu, Brute?"
Politics
"To sleep, perchance to dream."
Solitude
"O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?"
Love
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
Beauty
"Some are born great, some achieve greatness."
Leadership
"The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together."
Life
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair."
Philosophy
"Out, out, brief candle!"
Time
"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day."
Time
"All the world loves a lover."
Love
"The course of true love never does run smooth."
Relationships
"How poor are they that have not patience!"
Patience
"Brevity is the soul of wit."
Wisdom
"This above all: to thine own self be true."
"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
Humor
"Frailty, thy name is woman."
Philosophy
"What's done is done."
"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown."
Power
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends."
Courage
"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers."
Friendship