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Mahatma Gandhi
“No matter how explicit the pledge, people will turn and twist the text to suit their own purposes.” Mahatma Gandhi, The Story of my Experiments with Truth
John Locke
“I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.” John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Sigmund Freud
“If we avail ourselves for a moment longer of the right to elaborate from the dream interpretation such far-reaching psychological speculations, we are in duty bound to demonstrate that we are thereby bringing the dream into a relationship which...” Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams
Charlotte Brontë
“The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter—often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter—in the eye.” Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
Sigmund Freud
“The ideas so far produced are insufficient for the interpretation of the dream.” Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams
Umberto Eco
“Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means” Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

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