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Charles Fourier Quotes: Despots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him.
         

Despots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him.


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This page presents the quote "Despots prefer the friendship of the dog, who, unjustly mistreated and debased, still loves and serves the man who wronged him.". Author of this quote is Charles Fourier. This quote is about poltics, despots, tyrants, liberty, government,.