You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

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To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.