Hypatia

“In truth, laws are always useful to those with possessions and harmful to those who have nothing; from which it follows that the social state is advantageous to men only when all possess something and none has too much.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract

“It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau , Confessions

“There are animals we haven't stopped by. Don't think they're harmless. Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau