Potent

Famous quotes containing the word potent:

“Thinking about suicide is a potent consolation: it helps us to get through many a bad night.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“A potent quack, long versed in human ills,
Who first insults the victim whom he kills;
Whose murd’rous hand a drowsy bench protect,
And whose most tender mercy is neglect.”
—George Crabbe (1754–1832)

“Oh, I must keep my heart inviolate
Against the potent poison of your hate.”
—Claude McKay (1889–1948)