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The cities make ferocious men because they may corrupt man. The mountain, the sea, the forest, make savage men; they development fierce side, but ofte...more

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There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.

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Ever since history has been written, ever since philosophy has meditated, misery has been the garment of the human race.

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I repeat, whether we be Italians or Frenchmen, misery concerns us all.

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The poor young man must work for his bread; he eats; when he has eaten, he has nothing left but reverie. He enters God's theater free; he sees the sky...more