"A slave has but one master. An ambition man, has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune."

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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Dean Koontz, American Author

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"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."

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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."

"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."

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"I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience."