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“You have to let other people be right' was his answer to their insults. 'It consoles them for not being anything else.”
― The Immoralist
― The Immoralist
“It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar.”
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“Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.”
― The Essential Reinhold Niebuhr: Selected Essays and Addresses
― The Essential Reinhold Niebuhr: Selected Essays and Addresses
“History admits no rules; only outcomes.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“in order to invent heaven and hell a man would need to know nothing except the human body”
― Baltasar and Blimunda
― Baltasar and Blimunda
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