Titles are tinsel, power a corruptor, glory a bubble, and excessive wealth, a libel on its possessor. (Percy Bysshe Shelley)

Titles are tinsel, power a corruptor, glory a bubble, and excessive wealth, a libel on its possessor.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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