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Power Quotes by William Hazlitt
- Pride is founded not on the sense of happiness, but on the sense of power.
- The definition of genius is that it acts unconsciously, and those who have produced immortal works have done so without knowing how or why.
- Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging.
- Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt; none out of ten have the inclination.
- The poetical impression of any object is that uneasy, exquisite sense of beauty or power that cannot be contained within itself; that is impatient of…
- Shall I faint, now that I have poured out the spirit of my mind to the world, and treated many subjects with truth, with freedom,…
- I maintain that there is no common language or medium of understanding between people of education and without it - between those who judge of…
- Knowledge is pleasure as well as power.
- A King (as such) is not a great man. He has great power, but it is not his own.
- Power is pleasure; and pleasure sweetens pain.
- The slaves of power mind the cause they have to serve, because their own interest is concerned; but the friends of liberty always sacrifice their…
- The garb of religion is the best cloak for power.
- Persons without education certainly do not want either acuteness or strength of mind in what concerns themselves, or in things immediately within their observation; but…
- Kings ought never to be seen upon the stage. In the abstract, they are very disagreeable characters: it is only while living that they are…
- That humanity and sincerity which dispose men to resist injustice and tyranny render them unfit to cope with the cunning and power of those who…
- The great have private feelings of their own, to which the interests of humanity and justice must curtsy. Their interests are so far from being…
- There are some persons who never succeed from being too indolent to undertake anything; and others who regularly fail, because the instant they find success…
- Corporate bodies are more corrupt and profligate than individuals, because they have more power to do mischief, and are less amenable to disgrace or punishment.…
- The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.
- The incentive to ambition is the love of power.
- If a person has no delicacy, he has you in his power.
- The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. We cannot force love.
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- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
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- 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
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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