"Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir."

Power, Hate, Heir

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"The mind of a man!"

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Power, Mind, Man, Thought

"Strength is wealth."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Power, Strength, Wealth, Values

"If human equality is to be for ever averted - if the High, as we have called them, are to keep their places permanently - then the prevailing mental condition must be controlled insanity."

George Orwell, British Author

Power, Equality, Insanity, Control

"We must conquer the fear to avoid losing the battle."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Power, Fear, Losing, Battle, Strength

"Power is not powerful without wisdom."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Power, Wisdom, Strength

"No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Power, Goodness, Man, Nothing

"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 ourselves with the fair sex."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Power, Age, Sex

"The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet."

Horace, Roman Poet

Power, Fancy

"When you can flatten entire cities at a whim, a tendency towards quiet reflection and seeing-things-from-the-other-fellow's-point- of-view is seldom necessary."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

Power, Destruction, Reflection, Truth

"People demand freedom only when they have no power."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Power, People, Freedom

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"It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure."

Pleasure

"He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again."

Battle

"Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards."

Chance

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"The mind of a man!"

"Strength is wealth."

"If human equality is to be for ever averted - if the High, as we have called them, are to keep their places permanently - then the prevailing mental condition must be controlled insanity."

"We must conquer the fear to avoid losing the battle."

"Power is not powerful without wisdom."

"No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will."

"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 ourselves with the fair sex."

"The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet."

"When you can flatten entire cities at a whim, a tendency towards quiet reflection and seeing-things-from-the-other-fellow's-point- of-view is seldom necessary."

"People demand freedom only when they have no power."

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"It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure."

"He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again."

"Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement."

"Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin."

"The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise."

"A bad peace is even worse than war."

"Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor."

"In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous."

"When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied."

"Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards."