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What good is power when you're too wise to use it?


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It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.

It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.



I had forgotten how much light there is in the world, till you gave it back to me.

I had forgotten how much light there is in the world, till you gave it back to me.



But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them.

But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them.



Manhood is patience. Mastery is nine time patience

Manhood is patience. Mastery is nine time patience



But need alone is not enough to set power free: there must be knowledge.

But need alone is not enough to set power free: there must be knowledge.



For a word to be spoken, there must be silence. Before, and after.

For a word to be spoken, there must be silence. Before, and after.




I was with you at the beginning of your journey. It is right that I should follow you to its end.

I was with you at the beginning of your journey. It is right that I should follow you to its end.



The truth is that as a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until at last he chooses nothing but does only and wholly what he must do.

The truth is that as a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until at last he chooses nothing but does only and wholly what he must do.





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I so wish life also had the option of undo making it easier to deal with things you erred. I would have gone back in time to undo every mistake of mine, for which I have paid a very heavy price.

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Sometimes I want to joke but my English isn't perfect. Sometimes people are wondering what I'm talking about.



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Don't get me wrong-I'm very thankful for all the aliens I've met and loved.

Don't get me wrong-I'm very thankful for all the aliens I've met and loved.



I'm going to let love lead the way, always. And I was born with this blind - blind ambition, and it's kind of gotten me here to this point. And I think that I'll stick to it.

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Being a mom can be so isolating, and hanging out with other moms is very, very healthy.

Being a mom can be so isolating, and hanging out with other moms is very, very healthy.



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This page presents the quote "What good is power when you're too wise to use it?". Author of this quote is Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea. This quote is about restraint, faint-heartedness, power, wisdom,.