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Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.
The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world - or read more
We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world - or to make it the last.
So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed,
And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
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So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed,
And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
- Barry Cornwall (pseudonym of Bryan Waller Procter),
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, read more
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
An optimist is the human personification of spring.
An optimist is the human personification of spring.
Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast read more
Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything. Love still stands when all else has fallen.
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; read more
Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.
I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.
I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.