There is no such thing as man!

A classic quote taking aim at the cosmopolitan worldview, spoken by a devout Catholic!

"[T]here is no such thing as man in the world. During my life, I have seen Frenchmen, Italians, Russians, and so on; thanks to Montesquieu, I even know that one can be Persian; but I must say, as for man, I have never come across him anywhere; if he exists, he is completely unknown to me."
--Joseph de Maistre Considerations on France