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Quote by Francis Bacon
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty or to s

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a mans self. – Francis Bacon

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But men must know, that in this theatre of mans life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on. – Francis Bacon

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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. – Francis Bacon

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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power. – Benjamin Disraeli

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When every physical and mental resources is focused, ones power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously. – Norman Vincent Peale

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Everyone asks me about being so worried or thinking about existence as if Im the only person who cant understand why a tree grows the way it does or why a person is in power when theyre not that great. These are questions everyone has. – Chris Martin

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Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound. – Peace Pilgrim

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A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries. – Gro Harlem Brundtland

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A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments. – Ezra Stiles

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But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals. – John Buchanan Robinson

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