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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a los

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power. – John Steinbeck

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What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness. – John Steinbeck

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Summer
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Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you. You have been loved, but your yearning wanders in new fields. And to prod all these theres time, the Bastard Time. – John Steinbeck

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The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness. – Elias Canetti

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I wont allow myself to have tremendous fear. – Calvin Klein

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Jealousy is the fear of comparison. – Max Frisch

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Fear

When the entertainers of the Right arent declaring their disgust with President Obama for groveling before foreign potentates, theyre pretending to fear him as a left-wing thug, an exemplar of what they call the Chicago way. – Thomas Frank

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The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism. – David Hare

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A wise man never loses anything if he have himself. – Michel de Montaigne, translated

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