“The one who enriches me is the one who makes me see quite differently what I see every day.”

Original: Celui-là m'enrichit qui me fait voir tout autrement ce que je vois tous les jours. — True intellectual influence changes one's perception of the familiar rather than merely adding information. · Tel quel (French)

• Discovery
• Learning
• Perception

“It is what I carry that is unknown to myself that makes me myself.”

Original: C'est ce que je porte d'inconnu à moi-même qui me fait moi. — Identity is presented as containing an irreducible element that remains mysterious even to oneself. · Monsieur Teste (French)

• Identity
• Mystery
• Self Knowledge

“Politeness is organised indifference.”

Original: La politesse, c'est l'indifférence organisée. — A cool, paradoxical definition of courtesy as a social system for regulating personal involvement. · Marginalia Rhumbs (French)

• Behaviour
• Politeness
• Society