Power will intoxicate

Power will intoxicate
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.
  

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The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.
Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.
Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.
Aproblem is a chance for you to do your best.
It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.
A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.
When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.
Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.
Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.
Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.