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“Over a long period of time, the main force in favor of greater equality has been the diffusion of knowledge and skills.”
― Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century

“Democracy will never be supplanted by a republic of experts—and that is a very good thing.”
― Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century

“The history of the distribution of wealth has always been deeply political, and it cannot be reduced to purely economic mechanisms.”
― Thomas Piketty, Capital in the Twenty-First Century

“We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

“The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

“Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

“Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy.”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

“The true goal of action is knowledge of the Self.”
― Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, The Bhagavad Gita

“It's necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo