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They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, Can he name a kitten? – Samuel Butler

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To live is like to love — all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it. – Samuel Butler

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God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor. – Samuel Butler

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Power has to be insecure to be responsive. – Ralph Nader

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Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power. – Pierre Corneille

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Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be. – Alice Walker

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The law always limits every power it gives. – David Hume

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The most perfect political community must be amongst those who are in the middle rank, and those states are best instituted wherein these are a larger and more respectable part, if possible, than both the other; or, if that cannot be, at least than either of them separate. – Aristotle

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Stumbling is not falling. – Proverb

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