Power is a word the meaning of which we do not understand. ✨ Leo Tolst…

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Power is a word the meaning of which we do not understand. ✨ Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude, Aylmer Maude, Amy Mandelker (2010). War and Peace, p.1285, Oxford University Press
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Power is a word the meaning of which we do not understand. ✨ Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude, Aylmer Maude, Amy Mandelker (2010). War and Peace, p.1285, Oxford University Press

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