Speech ... is an invention of man's to prevent him from thinking.
Time is the best killer.
I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.
These little grey cells. It is up to them.
How often have I not heard a perfectly intelligent female says, in the tone of one clinching an argument, 'Edgar says -- ' And all the time you are perfectly aware that Edgar is a perfect fool.
It's what's in *yourself* that makes you happy or unhappy.