Horatio-hornblower Quote by C.S. Forester

“But although the cliche says that power always corrupts, what is seldom said ... is that power always reveals. When a man is climbing,…

— Robert A. Caro

“deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, powers that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his…

— Orison Swett Marden

“A learned man who doesn’t restrain his passions is like a blind man holding a torch, he guides others but not himself.”

— Shaykh Sa di

“How he led is no mystery. His techniques were time-honored. He knew his men. He saw to it that they had dry socks, enough…

— Stephen E. Ambrose

“Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.”

— New International Version

“His work is as it were, a sacred object and the true fruit of his life, and his aim in storing it away for…

— Arthur Schopenhaur

“beware the law behind closed doors, the yellow-toothed men behind silver badges who had been betrayed by their chromosomes and their birth. She would…

— Pat Conroy

“It is a great ability to be able to conceal one's ability.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“His response to them as sexual beings was one of frenzied worship and idolatry. They were lovely, satisfying, maddening manifestations of the miraculous, instruments…

— Joseph Heller

“So, to put it perfectly frankly, I was horny. I was horny and Paine was attractive and charming and he had this tiny little…

— Jessica Gadziala

“His power wasn't something he possessed, but a skittish companions had to woo to his side, and who'd vanish as soon as he showed…

— Daryl Gregory

“The power of the man, with a mind shut down. The strength of the super human. The survival of the species. The deafness of…

— Deborah Ainslie