The more I study the things ...

The more I study the things of the mind the more mathematical I find them. In them as in mathematics it is a question of quantities; they must be treated with precision. I have never had more satisfaction than in proving this in the realms of art, politics and history.
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 Hippolyte Taine

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There are four types of men in the world: lovers, opportunists, lookers-on, and imbeciles. The happiest are the imbeciles.
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There are as many kinds of modesty as there are races. To the English woman it is a duty; to the French woman a propriety.
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