"La puissance ne consiste pas à frapper fort ou souvent, mais à frapper juste."
— Honoré de Balzac

January 1, 1970

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Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true. — Part I, Meditation V: Of the Predestined, aphorism XLIII