Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quotes, Power Quotes, Law Quotes

As it must not, so genius cannot be lawless; for it is even that constitutes its genius - the power of acting creatively under laws of its own origination.

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Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.

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The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts.

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My great comfort is, that the temporary celebrity I have wrung from the world has been in the very teeth of all opinions and prejudices. I have flattered no ruling powers; I have never concealed a single thought that tempted me.

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Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation which is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it...

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The fact is that my wife if she had common sense would have more power over me than any other whatsoever, for my heart always alights upon the nearest perch.

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There is a universal need to exercise some kind of power, or to create for one's self the appearance of some power, if only temporarily, in the form of intoxication.

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That is your trick, your bit of filthy magic: invisibility, and the anaesthetic power to deaden my attention in your direction.

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It would be a joke if the conduct of the victor had to be justified to the vanquished.

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If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same.

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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.

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In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

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Let us show, not merely in great crises, but in every day of life, qualities of practical intelligence, of hardihood and endurance, and above all, the power of devotion to a lofty ideal.

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The moment Germany rises as a great power, France gains a new importance as a cultural power.

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I am already kindly disposed towards you. My friendship it is not in my power to give: this is a gift which no man can make, it is not in our own power: a sound and healthy friendship is the growth of time and circumstance, it will spring up and thrive like a wildflower when these favour, and when they do not, it is in vain to look for it.

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In the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrong doing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.

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Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking.

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The household is a school of power. There, within the door, learn the tragi-comedy of human life.

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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

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Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

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