The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the su…

Hermann Hesse
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The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure. ✨ Hermann Hesse (2013). Steppenwolf: A Novel, p.46, Macmillan
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