"Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to seeMen not afraid of God afraid of me."

Power, Pride, Fear, Authority

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"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

"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

"Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Power, War, Communism, Corruption

"Ursula Monkton smiled, and the lightnings wreathed and writhed about her. She was power incarnate, standing in the crackling air. She was the storm, she was the lightning, she was the adult world with all its power and all its secrets and all its foolish casual cruelty."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Power, Secrets, Adultery, World

"Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Power, Blind, Man, Mind

"War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Power, War, Lies, Spirit

"Three generations before I was the one meant for the necklace. I saw him when I was three years old, so clear and strong that he could slip his warm hand in mine, he could lift me in theair, yes, lift my body, but I refused him. I turned my back on him. I told him, You go back to the hell from which you came. And I used my power to fight him."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Power, Strength, Vision, Spirit

"There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators."

Steven Wright, American Comedian

Power, People, Yesterday

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"The vanity of human life is like a river constantly passing away and yet constantly coming on."

Life

"What then remains, but well our power to use,And keep good humour still whate'er we lose?And trust me, dear, good humour can prevail,When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll;Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul."

Morality

"Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul."

Beauty

"Thou wert my guide philosopher and friend."

Friendship

"Let Sporus tremble - "What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk?Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel?Who breaks a Butterfly upon a Wheel?"Yet let me flap this Bug with gilded wings,This painted Child of Dirt that stinks and stings; Whose Buzz the Witty and the Fair annoys,Yet Wit ne'er tastes, and Beauty ne'er enjoys."

Criticism

"Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child."

Character

"Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground."

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"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."

"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."

"Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both."

"Ursula Monkton smiled, and the lightnings wreathed and writhed about her. She was power incarnate, standing in the crackling air. She was the storm, she was the lightning, she was the adult world with all its power and all its secrets and all its foolish casual cruelty."

"Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see."

"War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives."

"There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators."

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"The vanity of human life is like a river constantly passing away and yet constantly coming on."

"And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade."

"For fools rush in where angels fear to tread."

"To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves."

"What then remains, but well our power to use,And keep good humour still whate'er we lose?And trust me, dear, good humour can prevail,When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll;Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul."

"Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul."

"Thou wert my guide philosopher and friend."

"Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child."

"Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground."