Nothing in the world is more haughty than a man of moderate capacity when once raised to power. Baron Wessenberg

Quotes November 23, 2008

Nothing in the world is more haughty than a man of moderate capacity when once raised to power.
Arrogance
Quotations by Baron Wessenberg

Study the past if you would divine the future. Confucius

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