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Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to read more
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough read more
A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.
 There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is 
praised as equal to the gods.
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 There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is 
praised as equal to the gods.
 [Lat., Nihil est quod credere de se
  Non possit, quum laudatur dis aequa potestas.] 
Power is neither male nor female.
Power is neither male nor female.
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to this problem lies in the read more
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking...the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.
Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.
Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.