ΚΕΦΑΛΗ ΚΒ The Despot in Liber CCCXXXIII, The Book of Lies by Aleister Crowley.

“An absolute monarch would be absolutely wise and good.” [via]

Consider also:

  1. “The secret sense of these words is to be sought in the numeration thereof.”
  2. “The title ‘Venus of Milo’ is an argument in support of paragraphs 1 and 2, it being evident from this statement that the female body becomes beautiful in so far as it approximates to the male.”
  3. “The soul is beyond male and female as it is beyond Life and Death.”
  4. “The waiters of the best eating-houses mock the whole world; they estimate every client at his proper value.”
  5. “But no man is strong enough to have no interest. Therefore the best king would be Pure Chance.”