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Effects of fame1 quote
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies. — Henry Adams · 1907
Effects of power1 quote
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies. — Henry Adams · 1907
Fame1 quote
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies. — Henry Adams · 1907
Power1 quote
The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies. — Henry Adams · 1907