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Honore de Balzac

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.

Equality

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The quote means that while people might have the right to be treated equally, actual complete equality in real life is impossible to achieve. It suggests that no matter what laws or rules exist, differences and inequalities will always remain.

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