The measure of man is what he does with power.
-- Pittacus
-- Pittacus
Related:
- If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does,
it must be by what he gives. -- Robert... - Heraclitus says that Pittacus, when he had got Alcaeus into his power,
released him, saying, "Forgiveness is better than revenge... - Contentment produces in some measure, all those effects which the alchemist
usually ascribes to what he calls the philosopher's stone;
and if it does not bring riches, it does the same thing... - The measure of choosing well is whether a man likes
what he has chosen. --... - The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew
he never would be found out.
Thomas Babington... - Does not our power increase exactly in the measure
we learn how to use it? --... - Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of
himself,
and holds a just balance between what he can acquire... - Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactely the right measure of
himself,
and holds a just balance between what he can acquire...
