It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek…

Francis Bacon
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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. ✨ 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
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