"Rise to power" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... is the daughter of an auctioneer," said the Comtesse Feraud, smiling, "that will not hinder her husband's rise to power." ...
— Bureaucracy • Honore de Balzac
... water, mud, and gravel into which he was going to plunge when I met him. The house of Grandlieu requires of the dear boy an estate worth a million francs before securing for him the title of Marquis, and handing over to him that may-pole named Clotilde, by whose help he will rise to power. Thanks to you, and me, Lucien has just purchased his maternal manor, the old Chateau de Rubempre, which, indeed, did not cost much—thirty thousand francs; but his lawyer, by clever negotiations, has succeeded in adding to it estates worth a ...
— Scenes from a Courtesan's Life • Honore de Balzac
... gained the title of Great from his deeds in war. He won it, and with some justice, from his deeds in peace. He was great in diplomacy, great in duplicity, great in that persistent pursuit of a single object through which men rise to power and fame. This object, in his case, was autocracy. It was his purpose to crush out the last shreds of freedom from Russia, establish an empire on the pernicious pattern of a Tartar khanate, which had so long been held up as an example before Russian eyes, and make the Prince of Moscow as absolute ...
— Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris
... a lion's head over you, showing his teeth by snarls, you are threatened with defeat in your upward rise to power. ...
— 10,000 Dreams Interpreted • Gustavus Hindman Miller |
