Voltaire quote: If they're from the village, you take them to the inn. If they're from the city, you treat them with ...

If they're from the village, you take them to the inn. If they're from the city, you treat them with respect when they are beautiful and throw them on the highway when they are dead.

~ Voltaire ~

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