Le malheur de l'égalité, c'est que nous ne la voulons qu'avec nos supérieurs.
• Translation: The defect of equality is that we only desire it with our superiors." - Meaning and context.">
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Le malheur de l'égalité, c'est que nous ne la voulons qu'avec nos supérieurs.
• Translation: The defect of equality is that we only desire it with our superiors.

— Henry Becque

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Le malheur de l'égalité, c'est que nous ne la voulons qu'avec nos supérieurs.
• Translation: The defect of equality is that we only desire it with our superiors." in the context of "Conférences, notes d'album, poésies, correspondance (1926)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Henry Becque

About Henry Becque

Henry François Becque (9 April 1837 – 12 May 1899) was a French dramatist.