"Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control these three alone lead one to sovereign power.“

-Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Alfred Lord Tennyson quote about alone: "Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control these three alone lead one to sovereign power."

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