Little minds need to practise despotism to relieve their nerves, just as great souls thirst for equality in friendship to exercise their hearts. (Honoré de Balzac)

Little minds need to practise despotism to relieve their nerves, just as great souls thirst for equality in friendship to exercise their hearts.

Honoré de Balzac

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