Power Dissipation

Famous quotes containing the words power and/or dissipation:

“When there is sympathy, there needs but one wise man in a company and all are wise,—so, a blockhead makes a blockhead of his companion. Wonderful power to benumb possesses this brother.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)