"The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall." ― Francis Bacon Topic(s): Men Tags: desire, excessive, power More From Francis Bacon "Acorns were good until bread was found." "It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man’s self." "Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is." More In Men "Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be."― Lactantius "Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle."― Gilbert K. Chesterton "Women cannot complain about men anymore until they start getting better taste in them."― Bill Maher