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Francis Bacon1 quote
The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall. — Francis Bacon · 1625Thomas Hobbes1 quote
I put for a general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. — Thomas Hobbes · 1651