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Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than to polish. – Anne Dudley Bradstreet

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I have only one counsel for you — be master. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure… they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it. – John Bentham

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When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it. – Marcus Aurelius

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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. – Aristotle

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At home, you always have to be a politician when youre abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman. – Harold MacMillan

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