Quote by Paul Valery
Power without abuse loses its charm. - Paul Valery

Power without abuse loses its charm. – Paul Valery

Other quotes by Paul Valery

Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own business. – Paul Valery

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Art
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The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds. – Paul Valery

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History
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God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly. – Paul Valery

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If you think of paying court to the men in power, your eternal ruin is assured. – Stendhal

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power

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo

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power

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white worlds definitions. – James A. Baldwin

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power

Dont you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct. – Barbara Corcoran

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power

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