Able Quote by Lord Chesterfield

Riches, though they may reward virtues, yet they cannot cause them; he is much more noble who deserves a benefit than he who bestows…

— Owen Feltham

A great man is one who can have power and not abuse it.

— Henry Latham Doherty

Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much…

— Charles Caleb Colton

He who does the most good is the greatest man. Power, authority, dignity, honors, wealth and station--these are so far valuable as they put…

— John Jortin

Riches, in the hands of a man that is wise and generous, are good for something, but in the hands of a sordid, sneaking,…

— Matthew Henry

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

An honest man often grows cruel When converted into an absolute prince Born from power, a bitter from fear The madness, the treachery The…

— Anonymous

Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory. He who enjoys it wields a power more…

— Winston Churchill

There is no man so great as not to have some littleness more predominant than all his greatness. Our virtues are the dupes, and…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Therefore, the truly great man, although he does not injure others, does not credit himself with charity and mercy (these are natural to him).…

— Zhuangzi

“Father Ratti had often explained, in Religious Knowledge class, that true humility did not mean a sense of worthlessness or the kind of timidity…

— Robert Anton Wilson

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.

— Charles Kingsley