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“„Ei ole nii halba raamatut, mis midagi head ei sisaldaks,“, ütles bakalaureus.
„Selles pole kahtlust,“ vastas don Quijote. „Aga tihtipeale juhtub, et need, kes on teenitult võtnud ja omandanud suure kuulsuse oma kirjutustega, kaotavad selle täiesti või igatahes väheneb see mõnel määral, kui nad need trükki annavad.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Aventuras del Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha

“And despite all this we are a great people, we South Africans. We are a great people, and we are good people: kind, generous, passionate, fun-loving, open, talented, creative, driven, resilient, people who work hard in the week and on weekends love nothing more than to meet with our friends and enjoy their company. History has battered our country time and time again, and still we endure.”
― Siya Kolisi, Rise: The Brand New Autobiography

“The difference between post-communist China, post-communist Central Europe and post-communist Russia closely tracks the distinction between three styles or strategies of development: namely, imitating the means (or borrowing), imitating the ends (or converting), and imitating the appearances (or simulating).”
― Stephen Holmes, The Light that Failed: A Reckoning

“He’s very popular and brilliant and a great figure in society; but he’s a great deal abroad, and he’s been a journalist.’
‘Well,’ said Father Brown, ‘that’s not a crime. At least not always.”
― G.K. Chesterton