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Fanny Burney

"To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind."

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"To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind."

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"Mankind advances only through struggle."

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"All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind."

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"The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes."

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"If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present."

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