Love is a boaster at heart, who cannot hide the stolen horse without giving a glimpse of the bridle.
Mary RenaultPower is the test. Some, once they have it, are content to buy the show of liking, and punish those who withhold it; then you have a despot. But some keep a true eye for how they seem to others, and care about it, which holds them back from much mischief.
Mary Renault