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Quote by Arthur Koestler
In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mar

In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark. – Arthur Koestler

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That in man which cannot be domesticated is not his evil but his goodness. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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O poor mortals, how ye make this earth bitter for each other. – Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution

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