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car si vous y etes ne d'un etranger, ce pays sera seulement le lieu de votre naissance, sans etre votre patrie
• Translation: because if you were born there to a foreigner, this country will only be the place of your birth, without being your homeland.
— Emer de Vattel
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "car si vous y etes ne d'un etranger, ce pays sera seulement le lieu de votre naissance, sans etre votre patrie
• Translation: because if you were born there to a foreigner, this country will only be the place of your birth, without being your homeland." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Emer de Vattel
Emer de Vattel (25 April 1714 – 28 December 1767) was an international lawyer whose works influenced Benjamin Franklin and other founding fathers when creating the United States Constitution.
About Emer de Vattel
Emer de Vattel (25 April 1714 – 28 December 1767) was an international lawyer whose works influenced Benjamin Franklin and other founding fathers when creating the United States Constitution.
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