#pow

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists. ↗

— John Ruskin

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No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish. ↗

— John Ruskin

#ever #fish #free #great #however

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#charming #differs #fact #feared #great

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#energy #fundamental #physics #power #same

Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#been #condemn #drive #history #men

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#hatred #idealism #love #much #passes

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#aeroplanes #age #dams #ideology #like

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act like second-class citizens. ↗

— Dora Russell

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