When a man has once got into office, he neither makes use of his reason nor of his intelligence to regulate his behaviour and manners towards others,… - Jean de La Bruyère

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When a man has once got into office, he neither makes use of his reason nor of his intelligence to regulate his behaviour and manners towards others, but shapes them according to his office and his position; this is the cause of his forgetfulness, pride, arrogance, harshness, and ingratitude.