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Richard Nkwenti
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Two necessary voices argue over the size of a life and discover that neither can be trusted alone.
Richard Nkwenti
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Discernment is not suspicion sharpened into a personality. It is the patient art of giving the right evidence the right weight.
Richard Nkwenti
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A life organized around admiration eventually mistakes the audience for the self.
Richard Nkwenti
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Authority reveals less about what a person can command than about what they are still willing to see.
Richard Nkwenti
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Power can turn a wish into an order. It cannot turn an order into devotion. What remains of our ambition when trust, time, and love are asked to pay its price?
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
An empire is measured by what it builds. A life is measured by what it refuses to sacrifice.
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