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Suspicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive. ... A man of the executive type is quite sure that his vision is right, and that any contrary one is wrong. But his subjective certainly affords no proof that he is objectively right. Moreover, his belief is very often only a camouflage for the pleasure that he derives from contemplating changes of which he is the cause. And in addition to love of power there is another motive, namely vanity, which operates strongly in such cases.
　Source: The Conquest of Happiness, 1930, Chap.6:Envy, by Bertrand Russell
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