#powers

I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing. ↗

— Mary Oliver

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The increase of territory and power of empires by force of arms has been the policy of all great powers, and it has always been possible to get the approval of their state religion. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#approval #arms #been #empires #force

I will to my dying day oppose, with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand and villainy on the other as this Writ of Assistance is. ↗

— James Otis

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Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

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Even so, one step from my grave, I believe that cruelty, spite, The powers of darkness will in time, Be crushed by the spirit of light. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

#cruelty #crushed #darkness #even #grave

And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers. ↗

— George Pataki

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We passed important laws to give the authorities responsible for investigation wide powers to defend us. ↗

— George Pataki

#defend #give #important #investigation #laws

The power to tax and spend is restricted by the enumerated powers. ↗

— Rand Paul

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Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#beneficial #body #develops #grief #happiness

It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing. ↗

— Quintilian

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