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It is a characteristic of potentates that they don't succumb to peaceful retirement. Instead, they hold power in their hoary fists as judgment and grip weaken, destroying any successors except family members.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Es ist ein Merkmal von Potentaten, dass sie nicht dem friedlichen Ruhestand unterliegen. Stattdessen halten sie die Macht in ihren rauchigen Fäusten, da Urteil und Griff schwächer werden und alle Nachfolger außer Familienmitgliedern zerstören.

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