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It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Francis Bacon
Power, Men, Self
Francis Bacon (1778). “The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England: In Five Volumes”, p.459

The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.

Francis Bacon
Science, Power, Wit
Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1841). “The works of Francis Bacon, lord chancellor of England”, p.534

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Francis Bacon
Power, Too Much, Authority

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