A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

... it is true that I do not respect [human life] more than I respect my own life. And if it is easy for me to kill, that is because it is difficult for me to die.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

Believe me, the hardest thing for a man to give up is that which he really doesn't want, after all.

I want to know if I can live with what I know, and only than.

Ah cher ami, how poor in invention men are! They are They always think one commits suicide for a reason. But it's quite possible to commit suicide for two reasons. No, that never occurs to them. So what's the good of dying intentionally, of sacrificing yourself to the idea you want people to have of you? Once you are dead, they will take advantage of it to attribute idiotic or vulgar motives to your action. Martyrs, cher ami, must choose between being forgotten, mocked, or made use of. As for being understood--never!

Great feelings take with them their own universe, splendid or abject. They light up with their passion an exclusive world in which they recognize their climate.