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Quote #1:   "The world is full of fools and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass."
Quote #2:   "Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire. (A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.)"
Quote #3:   "If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure"
Quote #4:   "Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease."