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"All power in human hands is liable to be abused." »Sarah Bernhardt
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"I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all." »Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
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"But he that is the greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abused and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted." »Matthew 2311, 12 Bible
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"You couldn't be that good and not know it, somewhere in your secret heart, however much you'd been abused into affecting public humility." »Lois McMaster Bujold
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"There are two modes of establishing our reputation to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter." »Charles Caleb Colton
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"There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter." »Charles Caleb Colton
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"abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic it is merely a form of emotional masturbation. It is the rarest thing to find a player who has not had his character affected for the worse by the practice of his profession. Nobody can make a habit of self-exhibition, nobody can exploit his personality for the sake of exercising a kind of hypnotic power over others, and remain untouched by the process." »Aldous Huxley
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