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Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.
Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him!
[Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann read more
Neither art thou the man to catch the fiend and hold him!
[Ger., Du bist noch nicht der Mann den Teufel festzuhalten.]
Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power.
[Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere read more
Those who do not wish to kill any one, wish they had the power.
[Lat., Et qui nolunt occidere quemquam
Posse volunt.]
The only real power comes out of a long rifle.
The only real power comes out of a long rifle.
Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.
Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is
no power but of God: the powers read more
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is
no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Without his rod revers'd,
And backward mutters of dissevering power.
Without his rod revers'd,
And backward mutters of dissevering power.
Odin, thou whirlwind, what a threat is this
Thou threatenest what transcends thy might, even thine,
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Odin, thou whirlwind, what a threat is this
Thou threatenest what transcends thy might, even thine,
For of all powers the mightiest far art thou,
Lord over men on earth, and Gods in Heaven;
Yet even from thee thyself hath been withheld
One thing--to undo what thou thyself hast ruled.
Knowledge is power.
Knowledge is power.