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The excess of pleasure is pain
Almeida Garrett
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Almeida Garrett
Age: 55 †
Born: 1799
Born: February 4
Died: 1854
Died: December 9
Diplomat
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More quotes by Almeida Garrett
I ask the political economists and the moralists if they have ever calculated the number of individuals who must be condemned to misery, overwork, demoralisation, degradation, rank ignorance, overwhelming misfortune and utter penury in order to produce one rich man.
Almeida Garrett