I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books. |
I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell. |
I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence. |
I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance. |
In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day. |
In our ideals we unwittingly reveal our vices |
In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's. |
It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him. |
It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of. |
It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths. |
It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls. |
It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed. |
Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god. |
Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle |
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists. |