Those who take the most from the table, teach contentment. Those for whom the taxes are destined, demand sacrifice. Those who eat their fill, speak to the hungry, of wonderful times to come. Those who lead the country into the abyss, call ruling difficult, for ordinary folk.

Even hatred of vileness Distorts a mans features.

When the wound/ No longer hurts/ The scar does.

When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.

The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it.