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Power Quotes by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Invention consists in the capacity of seizing on the capabilities of a subject, and in the power of moulding and fashioning ideas suggested to it,
- . . . the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.
- Even broken in spirit as he is, no one can feel more deeply than he does the beauties of nature. The starry sky, the sea,…
- It was very different when the masters of science sought immortality and power; such views, although futile, were grand: but now the scene was changed.…
- Even where the affections are not strongly moved by any superior excellence, the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds…
- My reign is not yet over... you live, and my power is complete. Follow me; I seek the everlasting ices of the north, where you…
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- The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo