Yet this would not be the first time that a dominant man, blinded by the habit of abuse and the arrogance of power, had thrown it all away and ruined the people unfortunate enough to cross his path.

不过，类似事件已经屡见不鲜了：一个位高权重的男人，在为所欲为和因权力而产生的狂妄中迷失了自己，最终葬送了大好前程，也毁掉了那些不幸与他相遇的人。

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At times the arrogance of those in power is quite blatant.

有时那些当权者的傲慢很露骨。

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The other part is that there is an arrogance that attaches to power — that the normal rules of behavior are suspended and you're able to get away with things that normal people can't.

部分原因是，权力让人傲慢 - 让他们相信那些约束正常人行为的一般规则暂时管不着你了，刑不上大夫了，人上人就可以为所欲为地胡搞，而不受惩罚了。

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All you see is the arrogance of power, in the true sense.

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"It is our scream to the government, to stop behaving as it is now, which is with complete indifference and what I call the arrogance of power, " he says in Czech.

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The tragic hero, having gained great power, would get greedy (koros), grow over-confident to the point of overwhelming arrogance bordering on moral blindness (hubris), go mad with power (ate), and then get brought low (nemesis).

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