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Extremes produce reaction. Beware that our boasted civilization does not lapse into barbarism.

Antoine Rivarol

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Antoine Rivarol
Age: 47 †
Born: 1753
Born: June 26
Died: 1801
Died: April 11
Aphorist
French Moralist
Journalist
Pamphleteer
Poet
Translator
Writer
Banhòus de Céser
Rivarol
Civilization
Boasted
Produce
Lapse
Doe
Lapses
Barbarism
Beware
Reaction
Reactions
Extremes

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