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For nature is good, an man is 'by nature' good it is civilization which ruins him

Jostein Gaarder

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Jostein Gaarder
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 8
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Oslo
Norway
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Men
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Civilization

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the very best that can happen is to have energetic opponents. The more extreme they become, the more powerful the reaction they will have to face.
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Athens is like a sluggish horse, and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life.
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To wonder about life is not something we learn it is something we forget.
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Wisest is she who knows she does not know.
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