Not death itself, but only the moral preparation for it, holds terrors.
In military science there is a principle more important than "Forward": it is that the task should be proportionate to the means.
... that maxim of Descartes: "Question everything!" Question everything!
The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow.
Let your memory be your travel bag.
The clock of communism has stopped striking. But its concrete building has not yet come crashing down. For that reason, instead of freeing ourselves, we must try to save ourselves from being crushed by its rubble.