But constant experience shows us that every man invested with powe

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go. – Charles de Secondat

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To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illuminate only the track it has passed. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Reading the play at home, however fulfilling, can never be the vivacious experience that Shakespeare intended. – Arthur Smith

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I was so emotional. Choked up. I could hardly talk all day. Ill be cleaning out my trailer and saying goodbye soon, realizing what a wonderful experience this has been. – Dennis Franz

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Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality. – George Santayana

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