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John Dalberg-Acton

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"If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh."

John Dalberg-Acton

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Morning and Dawn
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"Learn as much by writing as by reading."

John Dalberg-Acton

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Learning
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"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

John Dalberg-Acton

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Power
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"There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye."

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Smile
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"To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice."

John Dalberg-Acton

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Life and Existence
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