When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing they are as clever as you.
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In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.
Equality
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What is the use of this fuss about morality when the issue only involves a horse? The first and most difficult teaching of civilization concerns man's behavior to his inferiors. Make humanity gentle or reasonable toward animals, and strife or injustice between human beings would speedily terminate.
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If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
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Lady Hodmarsh and the duchess immediately assumed the clinging affability that persons of rank assume with their inferiors in order to show them that they are not in the least conscious of any difference in station between them.
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If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
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Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
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Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
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In America everybody is of opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.
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Never let your inferiors do you a favor - it will be extremely costly.
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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
Politics
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A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self-control is the rule.
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The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about.
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To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
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The most insupportable of tyrannies is that of inferiors.
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One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.
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There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors.
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