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The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything

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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Metaphors are dangerous. Love begins with a metaphor. Which is to say, love begins at the point when a woman enters her first word into our poetic memory. – Milan Kundera

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He took over anger to intimidate subordinates, and in time anger took over him. – Milan Kundera

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