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> [“Indeed I have begun in this fashion, and place great importance on this opening chapter, for unless you are here convinced that a civilization without consciousness is possible, you will find the discussion that follows unconvincing and paradoxical.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-jaynes/indeed-i-have-begun-in-this-fashion-and-place-great-importance-on/)

[Julian Jaynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-jaynes/)

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> [Courtesy is a science of the highest importance. It is... opening a door that we may derive instruction from the example of others, and at the same time enabling us to benefit them by our example, if there be anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/courtesy-is-a-science-of-the-highest-importance-it-is-opening-a-door/)

[Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/)

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