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The tragedy of power like mine is that there is no way down. There can only be extinction. Dust to dust rags to rags fear to fear.
The tragedy of power like mine is that there is no way down. There can only be extinction. Dust to dust rags to rags fear to fear.
Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern
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- V.S. Naipaul
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- Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to V.S. Naipaul, based on documented lifetime 1932 to 2018. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44593 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44593 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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