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JEAN FRANCOIS DE LA HARPE French critic and poet (1739 - 1803) Our self-love can be resigned to the sacrifice of everything but itself.       - [Self-love] Superstition changes a man to a beast, fanaticism makes him a wild beast, and despotism a beast of burden.       - [Superstition] We weaken what we exaggerate.       - [Exaggeration] We always weaken whatever we exaggerate.   [Fr., On affaiblit toujours tout ce qu'on exagere.]       - Melanie (I, 1) [Weakness] Last Revised: 2008 April 9 Copyright © 1999-2008 John C. Shepard. All Rights Reserved. The GIGA name and logo are trademarks registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by John C. Shepard.  WWW.GIGA-USA.COM     Back to Top of Page

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