Nothing beats reason for keeping tigers away. But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater. (Yann Martel)

Nothing beats reason for keeping tigers away. But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater.

Yann Martel

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