Lovely Quote by Hermann Hesse

“Power always and everywhere had had a pernicious, corrupting effect upon men. It "converts a good man in private life to a tyrant in…

— Bernard Bailyn

Unfortunately, however, power is sweet, and the man who in the beginning seeks power merely in order to have scope for his benevolence is…

— Bertrand Russell

Power is so pleasant that men quickly learn to be greedy in the enjoyment of it, and to flatter themselves that patriotism requires them…

— Anthony Trollope

It was a pleasure to deal with a man of high ideals, who scorned everything mean and base, and who possessed those robust and…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“For only the humans were endowed with the lust for power so strong that the raw passion of their nature could be easily corrupted.”

— Margaret Weis

“True power. Limitless power—only graced a fair few. It gave those lucky few the ability—the nobility, to be courteous and polite. All while holding…

— Pepper Winters

“But the lust for power never dies- men cannot have enough. No one will lift a hand to send it from his door, to…

— Aeschylus

The admiration of power in others is as common to man as the love of it in himself; the one makes him a tyrant,…

— William Hazlitt

“He had only heard positive stories and legends from his family. It could fall to reason that there would be ones who sought power…

— Natasha Brown

“Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“This praise, though far from fulsome, gave me pleasure and that is to my shame. But there was something in him, some power of…

— Barry Unsworth

“Power and glory are two dialectic energies working in common ground. Taking a glimpse of the meandering under swell of glory in the shade…

— Erik Pevernagie