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Authority Proverbs

Sayings about Authority Who gives the bread lays down the authority . ~ Spanish Proverb If you wish to know what a man is, put him in authority .  ~ Yugoslavian Proverb Authority has no partner. ~ French Proverb Authority, as a concept, can be used to mean the right to exercise power given by the State (in the form of government, judges, police officers, etc.), or by academic knowledge of an area (someone that can be an authority on a subject) -or in some societies- by higher spiritual powers or deities. ~ Wikipedia  Quotations about Authority New faces have more authority than accustomed ones. ~ Euripides A man in authority is but as a candle in the wind, sooner wasted or blown out than under a bushel. ~ Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Authority and example lead the world. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer Authority forgets a dying king. ~ Alfred Tennyson The accidental prescriptions of authority , when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded wi...