Four things that make you stupid: sex, envy, a love of power, and wealth

"Just as L.B.J. observed that the two things that make politicians more stupid than anything else are sex and envy, W. [Bush] said that he was not surprised by how Putin evolved because the three things that can change someone are 'a love of power, wealth and sex.'"

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