“Creative power is mightier than its possessor.”
C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology
“Titles are tinsel, power a corruptor, glory a bubble, and excessive wealth, a libel on its possessor.”
Article 27 <br class="br"> "Declaration of Rights" http://knarf.english.upenn.edu/PShelley/declarat.html (1812)
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