"Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth."
-Jean de la Bruyere
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"The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth."
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"The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education."
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"The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored."
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"A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both."
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-Galina Vishnevskaya
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-Cornelia Otis Skinner
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