Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that…

Veronica Roth
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Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places. ✨ Veronica Roth (2014). Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four, p.24, Harper Collins
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Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places. ✨ Veronica Roth (2014). Divergent Series Ultimate Four-Book Collection: Divergent; Insurgent; Allegiant; Four, p.24, Harper Collins

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