Power is not what we do but what we do not – hasty and unwise actions that we repeat every day and which ultimately bring us into trouble.

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Power is not what we do but what we do not – hasty and unwise actions that we repeat every day and which ultimately bring us into trouble. - Robert Greene

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Power is not what we do but what we do not – hasty and unwise actions that we repeat every day and which ultimately bring us into trouble. - William Wilberforce quotes