To-day, the man who pays taxes to the amount of two hundred francs is virtuous; the talented man is the honest pickpocket: such truths as these are a… - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
" "To-day, the man who pays taxes to the amount of two hundred francs is virtuous; the talented man is the honest pickpocket: such truths as these are accounted trivial.
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About Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (pronounced [ˈpruːd.ɒn] in BrE, [pʁu.dɔ̃] in French) (15 January 1809 – 19 January 1865) was the first individual to call himself an "anarchist," and the first documented as using the word "Capitalist" to mean property-owner.
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P.-J. Proudhon
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Pierre Joseph Proudhon
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Purūdon
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Pʻu-lu-tung
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Pʹer Zhozef Prudon
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