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In Europe democracy is a falsehood. - [Democracy] In my whole life I have only known ten or twelve persons with whom it was pleasant to speak,--i. e., who keep to the subject, do not repeat themselves, and do not talk of themselves; men who do not listen to their own voice, who are cultivated enough not to lose themselves in commonplaces, and, lastly, who possess tact and good taste enough not to elevate their own persons above their subjects. - [Conversation] Italy is only a geographical expression. [Fr., L'Italie est un nom geographique.] - said to Lord Palmerston [Italy]
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