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Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this, to know so much and to have control over nothing


Herodotus

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Of all men’s miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.
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ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.
THOMAS CARLYLE It’s this or nothing at all.
R.J. GROVES The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
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SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT I had nothing to say to these strangers, whoever or whatever they were.
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