Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Though a revolution may call itself "national," it always marks the victory of a single party.

You have to let other people be right' was his answer to their insults. 'It consoles them for not being anything else.

What seems different in yourself; that's the rare thing you possess. The one thing that gives each of us his worth, and that's just what we try to suppress. And we claim to love life.

A work of art is an exaggeration.

He who makes great demands upon himself is naturally inclined to make great demands on others.

Sin is whatever obscures the soul.