Master of the universe but ...

Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power.
Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power.
 Pierre Corneille

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I'm pretty conservative when it comes to money. My parents were very working class and constantly working. There was always a very strong work ethic and that's put a more conservative, "save for a rainy day" mentality into me.
To reform society, and with it humanity, there is only one mean; to transform the mentality of men, to direct them ("les orienter", Fr.) in a new spirit.
 African Spir
Random, meaningless groups can adopt an us-versus-them mentality.
 Alexandra Robbins
The kind of group mentality that we had lived under since the Second World War is starting to erupt, and the craving for individualism is now much stronger. It's not as taboo anymore, as it was when I was younger.
 Nicolas Winding Refn
I mean, I grew up an athlete training and training and training. So I kind of have that mentality.
 Scott Speedman

Quotes from the same author

Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!
 Pierre Corneille
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
 Pierre Corneille
When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.
 Pierre Corneille
When a woman has the gift of silence she possesses a quality above the vulgar. It is a gift of Heaven seldom bestowed; without a little miracle it cannot be accomplished; and Nature suffers violence when Heaven puts a woman in the humor of observing silence.
 Pierre Corneille
Ambition displeases when it has been sated ... having reached the peak, it aspires to descend.
 Pierre Corneille