It's so very difficult to establish where the borderline runs between true power that subdues everything, power that creates the world or destroys it—where the borderline is between living power, great, even terrifying, and the appearance of power, the empty pantomime of ruling, being one's own dummy, only playing the role, not seeing the world, not hearing it, merely looking into oneself.


The Emperor (1978)

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It's so very difficult to establish where the borderline runs between true power that subdues everything, power that creates the world or destroys...

It's so very difficult to establish where the borderline runs between true power that subdues everything, power that creates the world or destroys...

It's so very difficult to establish where the borderline runs between true power that subdues everything, power that creates the world or destroys...

It's so very difficult to establish where the borderline runs between true power that subdues everything, power that creates the world or destroys...