Lord Byron Quotes, Power Quotes, Comfort Quotes

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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It is impossible that had Buonaparte descended from a race of vegetable feeders that he could have had either the inclination or the power to ascend the throne of the Bourbons.

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Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

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Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim.

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Give me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a sceptre to control the world.

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Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

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Democracy, if it is reasonable, limits itself to giving everyone an equal opportunity to compete and to obtain.

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A magistrate is not a father; he must be just and severe. Only tyrants are fathers.

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Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions.

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The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.

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The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

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Being physically close to extreme power causes one to experience a giddiness, an intoxication.

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A man is the prisoner of his power. A topical memory makes him an almanac; a talent for debate, disputant; skill to get money makes him a miser, that is, a beggar. Culture reduces these inflammations by invoking the aid of other powers against the dominant talent, and by appealing to the rank of powers. It watches success.

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Power educates the potentate.

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Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding

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

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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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Who holds a power but newly gained is ever stern of mood.

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An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood.

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Wherever there is power there is age.

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