The vague torment of ... ambition.
Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them.
I do not despair in the least of ultimate triumph. I repeat it with intense conviction.
There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.
Truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it.
She was cold by nature, self-love predominating over passion; rather than being virtuous, she preferred to have her pleasures all to herself.