“I find I am much prouder of the victory I obtain over myself, when, in the very ardour of dispute, I make myself submit to my adversary's force of reason, than I am pleased with the victory I obtain over him through his weakness.”

― Michel de Montaigne, The Essays of Michel de Montaigne

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“There you have the effect of segregation. Man is born for life in society; separate him, isolate him, and his ideas will go to pieces, his character will go sour, a hundred ridiculous affections will spring up in his heart, extravagant notions...”

― Denis Diderot, The Nun

“There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.”

― Ronald Reagan, State of the Union Address

“the mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”

― Frank Herbert, Dune

“The sweetest and most inoffensive path of life leads through the avenues of science and learning; and whoever can either remove any obstructions in this way, or open up any new prospect, ought so far to be esteemed a benefactor to mankind.”

― David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

“Men were indeed more foolish and more cruel than the beasts of the jungle! How fortunate was he who lived in the peace and security of the great forest!”

― Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes

“It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to...”

― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

“Beware, for I am fearless and therefore powerful.”

― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“He was healthier than the rest of us, but when you listened with the stethoscope you could hear the tears bubbling inside his heart.”

― Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

“no matter how much time passes, no matter what takes place in the interim, there are some things we can never assign to oblivion, memories we can never rub away.”

― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides

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