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)