“The will of man is by his reason swayed.”
William Shakespeare
“Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand”
Cardinal de Retz
“Implied / Subjection, but required with gentle sway / And by her yielded, by him best received; / Yielded with coy submission, modest pride, / And sweet reluctant amorous delay.”
John Milton
“Up high, the flies are playing,And frolicking, and swaying.The frog thinks: Dance! I knowYou'll end up here below.”
Wilhelm Busch
“People who trust me will not be swayed by what's been said about me, and for people who don't, no amount of good reports will persuade them.”
Zhang Ziyi
“They seek for rule, supremacy, and sway, When they are bound to serve, love, and obey”
“May I govern my passion with absolute sway, And grow wiser and better as my strength wears away”
Walter Pope