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As wit is too hard for power in council, so power
As wit is too hard for power in council, so power is too hard for wit in action.
William Wycherley
William Wycherley, William Congreve, Sir John Vanbrugh, George Farquhar (1871). “The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar :”, p.18
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