In life, man proposes, God disposes.

There was a thing called Heaven; but all the same they used to drink enormous quantities of alcohol.

De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.

Individual insanity is immune to the consequences of collective insanity

It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.

What drivel it all is!... A string of words called religion. Another string of words called philosophy. Half a dozen other stringscalled political ideals. And all the words either ambiguous or meaningless. And people getting so excited about them they'll murder their neighbours for using a word they don't happen to like. A word that probably doesn't mean as much as a good belch. Just a noise without even the excuse of gas on the stomach.

Half at least of all morality is negative and consists in keeping out of mischief. The lords prayer is less than 50 words long, and 6 of those words are devoted to asking god not to lead us into temptation.