No one recovers from the disease of being born, a deadly wound if there ever was one.
In order to have the stuff of a tyrant, a certain mental derangement is necessary.
History proves nothing because it contains everything.
Progress is the injustice each generation commits with regard to its predecessors.
Only one thing matters: learning to be the loser.
Tragic paradox of freedom: the mediocre men who alone make its exercise possible cannot guarantee its duration.