"We've got to purge Aristotle from our system."
"I've never read him so why do I have to purge him from my system?"
"It's proof of his grip on Western Man that he dominates the thinking of people who have never heard of him."

More quotes by Peter De Vries

The Mackerel Plaza (1958)

The Mackerel Plaza (1958)

Let Me Count the Ways (1965)

The Tents of Wickedness (1959)

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