Quote by William Hazlitt
The incentive to ambition is the love of power. - William Hazlitt

The incentive to ambition is the love of power. – William Hazlitt

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We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts. – William Hazlitt

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The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed. – Mason Cooley

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I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, Give, give. – Abigail Adams

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Women have served all these centuries as looking glasses possessing the power of reflecting the figure of man at twice its natural size. – Virginia Woolf

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To live happily is an inward power of the soul. – Marcus Aurelius

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A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit. – Andrew Carnegie

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To be adult is to be alone. – Jean Rostand

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The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, Thus far and no farther. – Ludwig van Beethoven

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