Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves abo…

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Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.
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He had slipped, climbed, rolled, searched, walked, persevered, that is all. Such is the secret of all triumphs. ✨ Victor Hugo (2010). The Works of Victor Hugo, p.2209, BookCaps Study Guides
Table talk and Lovers' talk equally elude the grasp; Lovers' talk is clouds, table talk is smoke. ✨ Les Misérables. Book by Victor Hugo, Book III, 1862.
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Society is a republic. When an individual tries to lift themselves above others, they are dragged down by the mass, either by ridicule or slander.

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