Quote #2

Since we cannot hope for order let us withdraw with style from the chaos.

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  2. My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.
  3. When someone disagrees with you on a moral point you assume that he is one step behind in his thinking, and he assumes that he has gone one…
  4. I agree with everything you say, but I would attack to the death your right to say it.
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