Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

Topics: Power Quotes

Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.

Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.

But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like...

But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like...

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up...

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up...

Economized love is never real love

Economized love is never real love

Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.

Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with...

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with...

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect..

To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect..

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the...

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the...

What is art? Nature concentrated.

What is art? Nature concentrated.

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his...

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his...

And thus Bureaucracy, the giant power wielded by pygmies, came into the world

And thus Bureaucracy, the giant power wielded by pygmies, came into the world

Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.

Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.