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There is no knowledge that is not power.
There is no knowledge that is not power.
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while
Each one of us has the power to make others feel better or worse. Making others feel better is much read more
Each one of us has the power to make others feel better or worse. Making others feel better is much more fun than making others feel worse. Making others feel better generally makes us feel better.
There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation\'s braggart lords.
There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation\'s braggart lords.
The only real power comes out of a long rifle.
The only real power comes out of a long rifle.
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes read more
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; read more
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.
Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him!
[Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann read more
Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him!
[Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann den Teufel festzuhalten.]
Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast read more
Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen.