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Charles Reade:Beauty is power; a smile is its


Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.
by Charles Reade


Thomas Carlyle:The eye sees what it brings the


The eye sees what it brings the power to see.
by Thomas Carlyle


Cicero:Liberty consists in the power of doing


Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
by Cicero


Mahatma Gandhi:Adaptability is not imitation. It


Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.
by Mahatma Gandhi


Aldous Huxley:Idealism is the noble toga that


Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.
by Aldous Huxley


Thomas Jefferson:A superintending power to


A superintending power to maintain the Universe in its course and order.
by Thomas Jefferson


Friedrich Nietzsche:People demand freedom only


People demand freedom only when they have no power.
by Friedrich Nietzsche


Bertrand Russell:Much that passes as idealism is


Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.
by Bertrand Russell


Seneca:He who has great power should use it


He who has great power should use it lightly.
by Seneca


Daniel Webster:We are all agents of the same


We are all agents of the same supreme power, the people.
by Daniel Webster


Charles C. Colton:To know the pains of power, we


To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who seek it: the pains of power are real, its pleasures imaginary.
by Charles C. Colton


Ovid:If it were in my power, I would be wiser;


If it were in my power, I would be wiser; but a newly felt power carries me off in spite of myself; love leads me one way, my understanding another.
by Ovid


Herbert N. Casson:The men who succeed are the


The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.
by Herbert N. Casson


Thomas A. Edison:Not only will atomic power be


Not only will atomic power be released, but someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides and imprison the rays of the sun.
by Thomas A. Edison


William Penn:The tallest trees are most in the


The tallest trees are most in the power of the winds, and ambitious men of the blasts of fortune.
by William Penn


Albert Pike:A Human Thought is an actual


A Human Thought is an actual EXISTENCE, and a Force and Power, capable of acting upon and controlling matter as well as mind.
by Albert Pike


George Bernard Shaw:Capitalism has destroyed our


Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.
by George Bernard Shaw


Ambrose Bierce:Beauty, n: the power by which a


Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
by Ambrose Bierce


Jeremy Taylor:Knowledge comes by eyes always


Knowledge comes by eyes always open and working hard, and there is no knowledge that is not power.
by Jeremy Taylor


Alfred Lord Tennyson:He never sold the truth to


He never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor paltered with Eternal God for power.
by Alfred Lord Tennyson


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