Power without abuse loses its charm.

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In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

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...

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas;...

A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas;...

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...

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary...

We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary...

Politeness is organized indifference.

Politeness is organized indifference.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

History is the science of things which are not repeated.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

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...

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...

Love is being stupid together.

Love is being stupid together.

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by...

The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by...

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.

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...

That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being...

That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being...