Are you wise, Unbeliever?" "Who knows? If I am—wisdom is overrated. - Stephen R. Donaldson

Power was dreadful and treacherous. When it was not great enough to accomplish its wielder’s desires, it turned against the hands which held it.

One word more," Foul said, "a final caution: Do not forget whom to fear at the last. I have had to be content with killing and torment. But now my plans are laid, and I have begun. I shall not rest until I have eradicated hope from the Earth. Think on that, and be dismayed!

It was clear to all there gathered that power is a dreadful thing, and that knowledge of power dims the seeing of the wise.