What will be left of the power of example if it is proved that capital punishment has another power, and a very real one, which degrades men to the point of shame, madness, and murder?

Art does not tolerate reason.

To two men living the same number of years, the world always provides the same sum of experiences. It is up to us to be conscious of them.

Every man, and for stronger reasons, every artist, wants to be recognized. So do I.

...the play of the toughest and most lucid mind are at the same time both lavished andsquandered.

By giving too much importance to fine actions one may end by paying an indirect but powerful tribute to evil, because in so doing one implies that such fine actions are only valuable because they are rare, and that malice or indifference are far more common motives in the actions of men.

I love life - that’s my real weakness. I love it so much that I am incapable of imagining what is not life.