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Power corrupts, , absolute power corrupts absolutely.

I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.

I’ve changed my mind about the interview. I shall never give interviews.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It’s better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.

It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don’t want victories anymore.

How frail the human heart must be – a mirrored pool of thought.

O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.

I don’t believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.