The more denuded a man is of virtues, the more he seeks to surround himself with frivolous distinctions.... But since pride unfortunately is the most tenacious of passions, the reign of prejudice has been prolonged, for man seems not to be able to attain truth until he has exhausted all of error's possibilities.
-- Henri Jean-Baptiste Grégoire (1750 - 1831), French Catholic priest, constitutional bishop of Blois, and revolutionary leader, Letter to the Citizens of Colour and Free Negroes of Saint-Domingue (8 June 1791), translated by Mitchell Abidor for marxists.org (2006)
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