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Philip Stanhope

"A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest."

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"A young man, be his merit what it will, can never raise himself; but must, like the ivy round the oak, twine himself round some man of great power and interest."

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"All human beings wield influence-a powerful sword granted at birth. Wield your sword with care."

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"Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure."

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"Every time I watch a person awaken to their inner strength, I see what we're made of, and we're magnificent. We're brilliant. We really are. We crave magic because we are magic. We crave power because we are pure power."

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"For a great willpower, no road has length!"

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"I have a fantasy where Ted Turner is elected President but refuses because he doesn't want to give up power."

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"She felt powerless to withstand or deny him. He was altogether too much for her, and Bathsheba seemed as one who, facing a reviving wind, finds it to blow so strongly that it stops the breath."

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"There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals."

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"Prayer is more than a plea, it is a place where we must spend time if we are to learn its power."

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"...without money you cannot fight money."

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"Words, which are the dress of thoughts, deserve surely more care than clothes, which are only the dress of the person."
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"Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is."
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"Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters."
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"In the mass of mankind, I fear, there is too great a majority of fools and knaves; who, singly from their number, must to a certain degree be respected, though they are by no means respectable."
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"Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference."
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"It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut."
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"Gratitude is a burden upon our imperfect nature, and we are but too willing to ease ourselves of it, or at least to lighten it as much as we can."
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"Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately."
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