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Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them.

—Miriam Makeba, 1988

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

—Aleister Crowley, c. 1925

The less intelligent the white man is, the more stupid he thinks the black.

—André Gide, 1927

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

—E.B. White, 1958

Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.

—Marquis de Vauvenargues, 1746

France has neither winter, summer, nor morals—apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.

—Mark Twain, 1879

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

—Confucius, c. 500 BC

Such then is the human state, that to wish greatness for one’s country is to wish harm to one’s neighbors.

—Voltaire, 1764

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

—L.P. Hartley, 1953

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

—George Bernard Shaw, 1903

Of troubles none is greater than to be robbed of one’s native land.

—Euripides, 431 BC

Nothing is more narrow-minded than chauvinism or racial hatred. To me all men are equal; there are flatheads everywhere and I despise them all equally.

—Karl Kraus, 1909
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