Famous quotes containing the word potent:
“A potent quack, long versed in human ills,
Who first insults the victim whom he kills;
Whose murdrous hand a drowsy bench protect,
And whose most tender mercy is neglect.”
—George Crabbe (17541832)
“What potent blood hath modest May;
What fiery force the earth renews,
The wealth of forms, the flush of hues;
Joy shed in rosy waves abroad
Flows from the heart of Love, the Lord.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“Graves at my command
Have waked their sleepers, oped, and let em forth
By my so potent art. But this rough magic
I here abjure.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
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