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Meaning of síndrome de amapola alta by Felipe Lorenzo del Río





Felipe Lorenzo del Río

síndrome de amapola alta
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Also high exposure. The English say tall poppy syndrome. Feeling of rejection and hatred that stands out in some area perhaps to inconsciently justify one's mediocrity. This expression derives from an account by Herodotus that Aristotle also quotes in book V of Politics and also in the book I of Ab urbe condite of Titus Livio: Tarquinus the proud, last king of Rome, cut the highest poppies in his garden when his son Sixth Tarquinius asked him for advice on what to do in the city of Gabios , once conquered.

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