Advertising is the very essence of democracy.
When an actor has money he doesn't send letters, he sends telegrams.
Every person lives his real, most interesting life under the cover of secrecy.
It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.
The bourgeoisie is very fond of so-called practical types and novels with happy endings, since they soothe it with the idea that one can both accumulate capital and preserve innocence, be a beast and at the same time be happy...
One must speak about serious things seriously.