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Products of Perfected Civilization [Produits de la Civilisation Perfectionée], Part 1 "Maxims and Thoughts [Maximes et Pensées]," ch. 3, ¶ 266 (1795) [tr. Mathers (1926)] - Chamfort, Nicolas | WIST Quotations
Any man with few needs appears a menace to the rich for he is always in a position to escape from them, and the tyrants see that thus they lose a slave. [Tout homme qui a peu de besoins semble menacer les riches d'être toujours prêt à leur échapper. Les…