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The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes read more
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.
Then, everlasting Love, restrain thy will;
'Tis god-like to have power, but not to kill.
Then, everlasting Love, restrain thy will;
'Tis god-like to have power, but not to kill.
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.
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control -- these three alone lead to power.
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control -- these three alone lead to power.
Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.
Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his read more
Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.
He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.