“Respect only has meaning as respect for those with whom I do not agree.”
Karen Armstrong book A History of God
A History of God (1993)
Source: A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
“Women love only those whom they do not know!”
— Mikhail Lermontov, book A Hero of Our Time
A Hero of Our Time (1840; rev. 1841)
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