Power Dissipation

Famous quotes containing the words power and/or dissipation:

“There is not the woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence, no matter whether it be from the hand of father, husband, or brother; for any one who does so eat her bread places herself in the power of the person from whom she takes it.”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)

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