We live counterfeit lives in order to resemble the idea we first had of ourselves.
A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned
Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.
Each of us really understands in others only those feelings he is capable of producing himself.
The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea.
Atheism. There is not a single exalting and emancipating influence that does not in turn become inhibitory.