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“And is a library, then, an instrument not for distributing the truth but for delaying its appearance?”
― Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

“My dear Alicia, of what a mistake were you guilty in marrying a man of his age! Just old enough to be formal, ungovernable, and to have the gout; too old to be agreeable, too young to die.”
― Jane Austen, Lady Susan

“Human beings appear to be sufficiently selfish and calculating to be capable of indefinitely greater harmony and social homeostasis. This statement is not self-contradictory. True selfishness, if obedient to the other constraints of mammalian biology, is the key to a more nearly perfect social contract.”
― Edward O. Wilson, On Human Nature

“Đôi khi đọc sách cũng là dịp thử thách lòng kiên nhẫn. Sách dở thì thử thách lòng khoan dung.”
― Hồ Anh Thái, Mười Lẻ Một Đêm