• Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him.

  Voltaire
  French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) 1694-1778
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. individual
2. avaricious
3. because
4. nothing
5. gained

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Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him. by : Voltaire

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