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Titles of nobility are harmless in themselves but degrade human character
Drawn from what Thomas Paine said
What Thomas Paine actually said
- Thomas Paine Pamphleteer and revolutionary (1737 to 1809)
Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title. The thing is perfectly harmless in itself, but it marks a sort of foppery in the human character, which degrades it.
Where this was said
↗Rights of Man (1791-1792)gutenberg.org
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