Excessive power sees power beyond its power

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Power Quotes

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days...

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days...

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.

Those that are a friend to themselves are sure to be a friend to all.

People do not care how nobly they live, only how long, despite the fact that...

People do not care how nobly they live, only how long, despite the fact that...

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that...

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that...

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

Time discovers truth.

Time discovers truth.

Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse

Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse

He who is brave is free.

He who is brave is free.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare...

It's not because things are difficult that we dare not venture. It's because we dare...

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty

We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today?...

We should every night call ourselves to an account; What infirmity have I mastered today?...

Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in...

Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in...

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more...

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more...