They that have power to hurt and will do none...
Sonnet 94They that have power to hurt and will do none,
That do not do the thing they most do show, Who, moving others, are themselves as stone, Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow, They rightly do inherit heaven's graces And husband nature's riches from expense; They are the lords and owners of their faces, Others but stewards of their excellence. The summer's flower is to the summer sweet, Though to itself it only live and die, But if that flower with base infection meet, The basest weed outbraves his dignity: For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds. |
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Those people who could hurt others or throw their weight around if they wanted to, but choose not to; those who are able to influence others but are not easily talked round to things themselves; these are the really cool guys, the movers and shakers. Other people merely follow their lead.
The flowers of summer make summer wonderful, even if from the flower’s point of view all it’s doing is existing. But if something goes wrong with the bloom, it’ll seem worse than the most common weed. The nicest things have the most potential to turn bad: rotting lilies smell much worse than weeds.