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They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, Can he name a kitten? – Samuel Butler

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A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing. – Samuel Butler

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To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead. – Samuel Butler

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But to me nothing – the negative, the empty – is exceedingly powerful. – Alan Watts

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Sometimes power is all a person has, so they will protect it even unto their own destruction, for without power they have nothing. – Bryant H. McGill

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Power is like being a lady… if you have to tell people you are, you arent. – Margaret Thatcher

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I believe in one thing only, the power of human will. – Joseph Stalin

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