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The quote suggests that knowing more about other people can create a feeling of advantage or control over them. It points to how private knowledge can make us feel mentally above those we understand better than they understand us.
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Originally said in English.
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Books by Alexandre Dumas
Les trois Mousquetaires
1973
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, II
2001
La tulipe noire
2006
Le vicomte de Bragelonne, ou, dix ans plus tard
1857
Le roman du masque de fer
2006