It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise t…

Alexis de Tocqueville
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It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too. ✨ Democracy in America. Book by Alexis de Tocqueville, Volume II. Book Three, Chapter XVIII, 1840.
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It is the dissimilarities and inequalities among men which give rise to the notion of honor; as such differences become less, it grows feeble; and when they disappear, it will vanish too. ✨ Democracy in America. Book by Alexis de Tocqueville, Volume II. Book Three, Chapter XVIII, 1840.

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