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The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. A ruler who governs his state by virtue is like the north polar star, which remains in its place while all the other stars revolve around it. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority. |
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