“He began to dream the dreams that always seduce a tyrant: powers beyond powers, worlds at his feet, whole… — Matt Hughes
“He began to dream the dreams that always seduce a tyrant: powers beyond powers, worlds at his feet, whole realms bowing to his whims.”
“And the dreams occluded his faculties,” I said. “It was ever thus, we may be thankful, else tyrants would never fall.”
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