• Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich.

  Nicolas Chamfort
  French writer, journalist and playwright 1741-1794
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. industry
2. levied
3. vanity

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Change of fashion is the tax levied by the industry of the poor on the vanity of the rich. by : Nicolas Chamfort

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