George Chapman An Humorous Day's Mirth
An Humorous Day's Mirth; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind.”
— Ayn Rand, book Atlas Shrugged
Source: Atlas Shrugged
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Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 121.