Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.
Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.
The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with.
The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.
Power is dangerous unless you have humility.
Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.
Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
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