"The disastrous history of our species indicates the……" — Arthur Koestler
"The disastrous history of our species indicates the futility of all attempts at a diagnosis which do not take into account the possibility that homo sapiens is a victim of one of evolution's countless mistakes."
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110 Quotes by Arthur Koestler
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