• To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than we think we are, or worse than the ideal man whose image we have built up on the basis of a certain few.

  Jean Rostand
  French writer 1897-1977
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. certain
2. think
3. ideal
4. whose
5. image
6. built

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To say of men that they are bad is to say they are worse than we think we are, or worse than the ideal man whose image we have built up on the basis of a certain few. by : Jean Rostand

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