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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's
character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
You see what power is - holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it
to them!
Amy Tan (1952 - )
The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.
Baltasar Gracian, The Art of Worldly Wisdom, 1647
To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its
pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.
Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832), Lacon, 1825
It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts
the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.
David Brin (1950 - )
Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.
Dr. Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734), Gnomologia, 1732
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises
over himself.
Elie Wiesel (1928 - )
It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.
Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983), The Passionate State of Mind, 1954
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