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> [“Power loves not the light of day, nor the attention of curious eyes. In darkness it thrives most...A lord may send his army hither and thither, but the true testing of his power is in those places where his army…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-ruckley/power-loves-not-the-light-of-day-nor-the-attention-of-curious-eyes-in/)

[Brian Ruckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-ruckley/)

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> [“Power loves not the light of day, nor the attention of curious eyes. In darkness it thrives most. Examined too closely, it wither.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-ruckley/power-loves-not-the-light-of-day-nor-the-attention-of-curious-eyes-in-2/)

[Brian Ruckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-ruckley/)

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## More by Brian Ruckley

> [“I think now, looking back, that we all die, little by little, as each of those we love departs before us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-ruckley/i-think-now-looking-back-that-we-all-die-little-by-little-as-each-of/)

[Brian Ruckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-ruckley/)

> [“If a man feared defeat, he would never give battle... Every victory is inevitably succeeded by defeat. It is the nature of our lives.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-ruckley/if-a-man-feared-defeat-he-would-never-give-battle-every-victory-is/)

[Brian Ruckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-ruckley/)

> [“Power loves not the light of day, nor the attention of curious eyes. In darkness it thrives most...A lord may send his army hither…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-ruckley/power-loves-not-the-light-of-day-nor-the-attention-of-curious-eyes-in/)

[Brian Ruckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-ruckley/)

> [“When a man may whisper in a close ear, and that whisper be repeated far away and many moons later, then he has power.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-ruckley/when-a-man-may-whisper-in-a-close-ear-and-that-whisper-be-repeated/)

[Brian Ruckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-ruckley/)

> [Loss alone is but the wounding of a heart; it is memory that makes it our ruin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-ruckley/loss-alone-is-but-the-wounding-of-a-heart-it-is-memory-that-makes-it/)

[Brian Ruckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-ruckley/)

> [“Think how much happier the world might be if people sought approval for what they do from their children instead of their ancestors.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-ruckley/think-how-much-happier-the-world-might-be-if-people-sought-approval/)

[Brian Ruckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-ruckley/)

> [“unwise to dance with wishes unless you’ve the mettle for it. Wishing for what is not is a fast way to poison your heart.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-ruckley/unwise-to-dance-with-wishes-unless-you-ve-the-mettle-for-it-wishing/)

[Brian Ruckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-ruckley/)

> [“Power loves not the light of day, nor the attention of curious eyes. In darkness it thrives most. Examined too closely, it wither.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-ruckley/power-loves-not-the-light-of-day-nor-the-attention-of-curious-eyes-in-2/)

[Brian Ruckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-ruckley/)

> [“For you, and and all the other readers who have followed the story to its conclusion”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-ruckley/for-you-and-and-all-the-other-readers-who-have-followed-the-story-to/)

[Brian Ruckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-ruckley/)

> [“There's more things in the world that are old and deep than these men of philosophy and science we're infested with these days can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-ruckley/there-s-more-things-in-the-world-that-are-old-and-deep-than-these-men/)

[Brian Ruckley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-ruckley/)

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