 | Richard Alan Krieger - Electronic books - 2007 - 344 pages
...can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." — Abraham Lincoln "O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant." — Shakespeare "I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our... | |
 | Stanley Wells - Drama - 2002 - 256 pages
...her best efforts by the inflexibility of her opponent, she exhibits a powerful, scornful eloquence: O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. . . . man, proud man, Dress 'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd... | |
 | G. Wilson Knight - Literary Collections - 2002 - 324 pages
...And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made. And this perhaps the best of all : O ! it is excellent To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. . . . Could great men thunder As Jove himself does, Jove would ne'er be quiet, For every pelting, petty... | |
 | Jonathan Feldman - Computers - 2003 - 505 pages
...Look at the trace: does it tell you anything? HOUR 22 Network Troubles hooters Just Wanna Have Fun O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. — William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, II, 2 Let's say that you've been tasked by your boss... | |
 | Verna V. Gehring - History - 2003 - 99 pages
...responsibility. When external restraints are weak, self-restraint is essential. In the words of Shakespeare, O! it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. Traditional Paradigms and their Limits I The Ethics of Retaliation Judith Lichtenberg From the very... | |
 | George McGovern - Political Science - 2004 - 192 pages
...changed mightily—for the good of humanity. Chapter 5 THE SOURCES OF SECURITY AND NATIONAL GREATNESS O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. —SHAKESPEARE, MEASURE FOR MEASURE With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in... | |
 | Robert P. Neuschel - Business & Economics - 2005 - 138 pages
...getting results. Shakespeare, in his play Measure for Measure, gave us some wisdom on the use of power: "O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant." Indeed it is excellent and necessary for the leader to have power — in fact, by simple definition... | |
 | George Anastaplo - Law - 2005 - 826 pages
...Lincoln-Douglas Debates, that he used as an epigraph these lines from Measure for Measure (act 2, sc. 2): O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. The companion epigraph that he employs is from Macheth, that play which so intrigued Lincoln, a man... | |
 | Joseph Pacheco - Poetry - 2005 - 188 pages
...from morn to night, Since he just be By-pass Five HEADLINE NEWS: GIANT'S STRENGTH Giant's Strength O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. William Shakespeare Apologia Forgive me, Poets and People of America, 13,074 poems have been posted... | |
 | Brian E. Walsh - Business & Economics - 2005 - 288 pages
...and be more natural, appropriate and creative with our responses. It is empowering for both people. O, it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant. William Shakespeare My experience is that many people confuse assertiveness with aggression. Aggressive... | |
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