"The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything."
-Milan Kundera
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"Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.“
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"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart."
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"Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be."
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"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"
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