"It is not enough to conquer; one..." - Quote by Voltaire
It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
More by Voltaire
“Once the people begin to reason, all is lost”
“A torch lighted in the forests of America set all Europe in conflagration.”
“I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our more stupid melancholy propensities, for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one’s very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?”
More on Power
“The real power, the power we have to fight for night and day, is not power over things, but over men”
“Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.”
“Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power. The thing itself cannot touch you. But if you allow your fear to seep into your mind and overtake your thoughts, it will rob you of your life.”