"Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow."
― Lord Chesterfield
Topic(s):
Power
More From Lord Chesterfield
- "Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings."
- "Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment."
- "The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older."
More In Power
- "You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."― Marcus Aurelius
- "The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away."― Aneurin Bevan
- "Bill Clinton sitting on Air Force One getting his hair cut while people around the country cooled their heels and waited for him, became a metaphor for a populist president who had gotten drunk with the perks of his own power and was sort of, you know, not sensitive to what people wanted."― Dee Dee Myers