The worst thing that can be said of the most powerful is that they can…

Charles Caleb Colton
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The worst thing that can be said of the most powerful is that they can take your life; but the same can be said of the most weak. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.195
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