“Those who have given themselves the most concern about the happiness of peoples have made their neighbors very miserable.”

— Anatole France, book The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

Les hommes qui se sont occupés du bonheur des peuples ont rendu leurs proches bien malheureux.
Pt. II, ch. 4
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)

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