Animal Quote by Erving Goffman

“Man is not like other animals in the ways that are really significant: Animals have instincts, we have taxes.” quote by Erving Goffman — Download Open image

“Man is not like other animals in the ways that are really significant: Animals have instincts, we have taxes.”

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