Power without abuse loses its charm

Quote by Paul Valery

Topics: Power Quotes

Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own...

Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own...

At times I think and at times I am.

At times I think and at times I am.

Love is being stupid together.

Love is being stupid together.

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.

A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.

A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present...

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the...

Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the...

Power without abuse loses its charm.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a...

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a...

That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.

That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people...

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people...

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

How enlightened is wearing God like some do Versace?

How enlightened is wearing God like some do Versace?

This moment contains all moments.

This moment contains all moments.