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It is not true that equality is a law of nature. nature has made nothing equal, her sovereign law is subordination and dependence.

— Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues Reflections and Maxims (1746)

Il est faux que l’égalité soit une loi de la nature. La nature n’a rien fait d’égal; la loi souveraine est la subordination et la dépendance.

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