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The devil has the power to assume a pleasing shape.
Devil
William Shakespeare

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Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
Power
George Bernard Shaw

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She has lost the art of conversation, but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.
Conversation
George Bernard Shaw

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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
Cynics and Cynicism
George Bernard Shaw

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Power, like a desolating pestilence, pollutes whatever it touches.
Power
Percy Bysshe Shelley

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There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.
Conscience
Sophocles

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Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it.
Money
Roger Starr

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Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.
Power
Lincoln Steffens

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Men should think twice before making widow hood woman's only path to power.
Power
Gloria Steinem

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Power can be taken, but not given. The process of the taking is empowerment in itself.
Power
Gloria Steinem

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The imagination is man's power over nature.
Imagination
Wallace Stevens

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Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
Power
Adlai E. Stevenson

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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
Power
Jonathan Swift

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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
Inheritance
Publius Cornelius Tacitus

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Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead one to sovereign power.
Power
Lord Alfred Tennyson

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Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.
Power
Margaret Thatcher

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Help people become more motivated by guiding them to the source of their own power.
Motivation
Paul G. Thomas

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You don't have power if you surrender all your principles -- you have office.
Public Office
Ron Todd

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Knowledge is the most democratic source of power.
Knowledge
Alvin Toffler

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Do you want to be power in the world? Then be yourself.
Self-expression
Ralph Waldo Trine

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We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
Power
Stewart Udall

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Kindness has more power than compulsion.
Kindness
Source Unknown

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More powerful than the will to win is the courage to begin.
Beginning
Source Unknown

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No three words have greater power than I Love You.
Love
Source Unknown

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Of all earthly creatures, humans alone have the power to choose.
Choice
Source Unknown

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun