Who said "The paradox of power is that it grows as we relinquish it."?

This quote is attributed to Victor Leconte de Lisle.

The paradox of power is that it grows as we relinquish it. - Victor Leconte de Lisle

"The paradox of power is that it grows as we relinquish it."

Victor Leconte de Lisle Power

Poet French 1818–1894

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