"Telle est donc la condition humaine que souhaiter la grandeur de son pays, c'est souhaiter du mal à ses voisins."
— Voltaire

January 1, 1970

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Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors. — "Fatherland" (1764)