"Society is a republic. When an individual endeavors……" — Heinrich Heine

Society is a republic. When an individual endeavors to lift himself above… - Heinrich Heine

"Society is a republic. When an individual endeavors to lift himself above his fellows, he is dragged down by the mass, either by means of ridicule or of calumny. No one shall be more virtuous or more intellectually gifted than others. Whoever, by the irresistable force of genius, rises above the common herd is certain to be ostracized by society, which will pursue him with such merciless derision and detraction that at last he will be compelled to retreat into the solitude of his thoughts."

— Heinrich Heine

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