Power Dissipation

Famous quotes containing the words power and/or dissipation:

“Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each other’s nostrils with an offensiveness beyond the power of any but the most monstrous private deed.”
—Rebecca West (1892–1983)

“Crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure.”
—Edward Gibbon (1737–1794)