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I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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"I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin."
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I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery was a Novelist from France (1900–1944).

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Who said "I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own ey…"?
This quote is attributed to Antoine de Saint-Exupery, a Novelist from France.
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery lived from 1900 – 1944.
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