A genius knows how to make himself easily understood without being obvious about it. |
A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself |
All evil comes from the old.They grow fat on ideas and young men die of them. |
An ugly sight, a man who is afraid. |
An ugly sight, a man who is afraid. |
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed. |
Beauty is one of the rare things that do not lead to doubt of God |
Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is. |
Have you noticed that life, real honest to goodness life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers? |
I like reality. It tastes like bread. |
Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance. |
It is restful, tragedy, because one knows that there is no more lousy hope left. You know you're caught, caught at last like a rat with all the world on its back. And the only thing left to do is shout -- not moan, or complain, but yell out at the top of your voice whatever it was you had to say. What you've never said before. What perhaps you don't even know till now. |
It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base. |
Life has a way of setting things in order and leaving them be. Very tidy, is life. |
Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it |