Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest. - Moliere - Quotesmemo.com

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THE REAL PURPOSE OF HOLOCAUST REVISIONISM IS TO MAKE NATIONAL SOCIALISM AN ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE AGAIN.

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Moliere

Cultivated people should be superior to any consideration so sordid as a mercenary interest.

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You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.

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When you model yourself on people, you should try to resemble their good sides.

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What! Would you make no distinction between hypocrisy and devotion? Would you give them the same names, and respect the mask as you do the face? Would you equate artifice and sincerity? Confound appearance with truth? Regard the phantom as the very person? Value counterfeit as cash?

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THE REAL PURPOSE OF HOLOCAUST REVISIONISM IS TO MAKE NATIONAL SOCIALISM AN ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE AGAIN.

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