Drones Quotes
The bees can abide no drones amongst them; but as soon as they begin to be idle, they kill them.
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”
F. Scott Fitzgerald (2015). “The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works”, p.3286, e-artnow
Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.232
Sue Limb (2012). “Charming But Insane”, p.43, A&C Black
Luxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
John Dryden, Sir Walter Scott (1808). “The Works of John Dryden,: The life of John Dryden”, p.228