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To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it: the pains of power are real, its pleasures imaginary.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Charles Caleb Colton

British priest and writer

January 1st, 1780 - January 1st, 1832

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