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Best Power Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- A thousand years may elapse before there shall appear another man with a power of versification equal to that of Pope.
- Surely nothing is more reproachful to a being endowed with reason, than to resign its powers to the influence of the air, and live in…
- Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of meat as readily as a large, when both are before…
- Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and…
- To do something is in every man's power.
- We ought not to raise expectations which it is not in our power to satisfy.-It is more pleasing to see smoke brightening into flame, than…
- All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know it than not. In…
- Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by the absence of…
- Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in…
- Guilt has always its horrors and solicitudes; and, to make it yet more shameful and detestable, it is doomed often to stand in awe of…
- Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
- Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
- Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.
- He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
- Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
- There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating…
- Reproof should not exhaust its power upon petty failings.
- When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity,…
- When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity,…
- He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will soon find a want of merit, to justify his resistance…
- The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power.
- To wipe all tears from off all faces is a task too hard for mortals; but to alleviate misfortunes is often within the most limited…
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- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and… — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. — Aristotle
- The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. — Aristotle
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
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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