People
A people is a plurality of persons considered as a whole, as in an ethnic group or nation. Collectively, for example, Jews are known as "the Jewish people", European Gypsies comprise the bulk of "the Romani people", and Palestinian Arabs have started to be called "the Palestinian people".
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“Because one has little fear of shocking vanity in Italy, people adopt an intimate tone very quickly and discuss personal things.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)
“When people get old and pearls get yellow, neither are worth much.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Most people die from the remedy rather than from the illness.”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)
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