“Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.”

Charles Caleb Colton

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About Charles Caleb Colton

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Charles Caleb Colton was an English cleric, writer, and art collector renowned for his wit and aphoristic style. He is best known for his work "Lacon, or Many Things in Few Words," a collection of pointed maxims...

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