To have committed every crime but that of being a father.
If we could see ourselves as others see us, we would vanish on the spot.
It has been a long time since philosophers have read men's souls. It is not their task, we are told. Perhaps. But we must not be surprised if they no longer matter much to us.
He who has never envied the vegetable has missed the human drama.
A distant enemy is always preferable to one at the gate.
Tolerance cannot seduce the young.